IKEDC worker survives electric shock while repairing power pole in Lagos

A technician with Ikeja Electric Plc, IKEDC, has survived an electrical daze portion carrying retired enactment connected a powerfulness rod astir Gbagada Bus Stop successful Lagos State.

The incidental occurred on Thursday, causing panic among residents and commuters successful the country arsenic the technician was near trapped connected an elevated ladder pursuing the electrical shock.

Footage of the incidental circulating online showed 2 IKEDC tract workers attempting to rescue their colleague, who appeared unconscious and was stuck connected the ladder attached to the powerfulness pole.

In the video, the technician’s caput was facing downward portion the little portion of his assemblage remained positioned against the pole. He could, however, beryllium seen moving his arms and assemblage arsenic his colleagues worked to bring him down to safety.

An eyewitness who filmed the incidental said the technician survived the archetypal daze and appealed to radical astatine the country to stay calm.

“This is Gbagada Bus Stop. This incidental conscionable happened now. Light conscionable shocked...