Angry consumer kills electricity worker in Abuja

Two staff of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC)  were attacked by an angry electricity consumer in Kabusa area of Abuja leaving one dead and the other seriously injured.

The attack resulted in the death of one of the electricity workers while another escaped with serious injuries. The body of the deceased AEDC official has been deposited at the mortuary in Garki Hospital, Area 8, Abuja. The assailant has been arrested and is in police custod

Although, the cause of the fight is still sketchy,  but the General Manager, Media and Communication of AEDC, Mr Oyebode Fadipe, who confirmed the incident explained that it was not that there was a fight or the workers were disconnecting his house, he just came from behind and stabbed the two workers.

According to him,” One of them has died and the other is receiving treatment in a hospital,” He, however, confirmed that the culprit has been apprehended and he is in the police station.