The electricity distribution
company was found guilty of an offence and fined N18 million by the regulatory
authority, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
The Abuja Electricity
Distribution Company (AEDC) has been sanctioned for negligence that resulted in
the electrocution of an eight-year-old girl, Faith Yakubu, at Anguwan Dodo,
Gwagwalada, in the Federal Capital Territory.
The Commission said the
accident occurred when a staff of AEDC disconnected the wires feeding the
residence of one of its consumers over alleged non-payment of accumulated
electricity bills.
The disconnected
electricity wires were left loosely on the ground by a technical staff without
disconnecting the source of electricity supply from the transformer.
The child was electrocuted along with a four-month-old boy she strapped on her back.
The Commission said little
Faith had, unknown to her, grabbed the naked wires with her bare hands in an
attempt to cross over them while running an errand for the parents.
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