From Precious Ahiakwo, Prot Harcourt Rivers State
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The driver attached to the Rivers State first lady’s convoy has died of electrocution during the State’s routine Saturday’s environmental sanitation.
The driver identified as Ibiba Jack died when he tried to rescue the life of a staff of the Government House who was trapped in a naked wire while trimming grasses with a mowing machine within the new state government house complex.
Eye Witnesses at the scene who spoke to our correspondent said the driver got killed while using his leg to free the man who has been trapped by the lawn mower machine which has already been entangled by naked life wire, and was already harming the user.
The Chief of Staff Government house, Chief Tony Okocha, who confirmed the incident described the death as unfortunate, and attributed the cause as sheer carelessness.
Chief Okocha said the new government house complex staff Quarters were not fully connected to electricity; rather residents take the alternative of careless connection of light from source.
The Chief of Staff who visited the Federal University of Port Harcourt Teaching
Hospital where the survivor of the electric accident was rushed to, confirmed that Jack’s corpse had been deposited in the mortuary.
Meanwhile, a statement signed by Chief Press Secretary to the Rivers State Governor, David Iyofor, stated that Jack was involved in a domestic electrical accident.
“Ibiba Jack was a dedicated, hardworking staff of Government House and we are all deeply touched by this sad, sudden loss. Governor Amaechi and his Wife, whom Ibiba worked directly with, were indeed deeply shocked and saddened by this unfortunate loss. They sympathized with the bereaved family”, the statement continued.
Mr Ibiba Jack was married with a child.
