Three persons were on Friday night
electrocuted at the flood victims’ camp at Cavegina Primary School, Warri while
a woman died from snake bite in the riverine area of Delta State.
Daily Sun gathered
that the three persons who were not flood victims died instantly when an
electric cable snapped from a pole and fell on them at the premise of the camp.
Consequently, pandemonium rocked the camp and hundreds of the refugees ran to
different directions for safety as most of them could not bear the sight of the
deceased.
It was gathered
that two of the dead were Urhobos while the third was identified as a native of
Calabar but their names could not be ascertained as at press time.
Eyewitness, who
spoke with Daily Sun described as unfortunate the untimely death of the men who
they said were just passers-by. “I have never seen this type of horrible thing
in my life. I am still imagining how these hefty men who did not bargain with death
will just die like that,” said an Ijaw refugee who pointed at the spot of the
incident .
Investigation
showed that some victims who were gripped with fear relocated from the camp
that night as they were still shocked by the incident. Meanwhile, a middle-aged
woman was bitten to death by a deadly snake at Gbekebor village in Burutu Local
Government Area of the state.
Daily sun gathered
that the woman was sleeping in one of the rooms that was not flooded but
unknown to her, a deadly snake which came with the flood crept into the room
and bit her . It was further learnt that the woman later died and her corpse
and that of the three men had been deposited at the Central Hospital Morgue.
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