Nigeria: Electric Cable Kills Mother of Three in Uyo

Uyo — Mrs. Uwana Bright, a 32-year-old mother of three, was on Thursday electrocuted by a fallen and abandoned cable belonging to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) Company in front of the 20th Anniversary Hospital, along Uyo-Ikot Ekpene Road, Itam, Itu Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.

Bright, a food vendor, who until her death lived at 65, Ikot Idaha Road, Ekit Itam, Itu, was said to have be the breadwinner for her family.

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