Nigeria: Power Line Executions (I)

20 July 2012

A FEW days ago, several persons reportedly lost their lives in the Apata area of Ibadan, when a live power line snapped and fell in a vegetable market, at early morning.

This is only the most recent instance in which Nigerian citizens perished due to mishaps involving high voltage transmission lines strung over populated areas.

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