Motorcyclist electrocuted in Makurdi

A commercial motorcyclist popularly known as Okada rider, was on Thursday morning electrocuted along the Old Otukpo Road, Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

An eyewitness told our correspondent that the motorcyclist was conveying a female passenger to her destination when he suddenly saw a high tension wire which had fallen from an electricity pole and crossed the road.

The high tension wire was said to have fallen off the electricity pole when it rained late Wednesday.

The eyewitness further said that the motorcyclist ignored the warning of passers-by not to attempt using the road but to turn back.

It was gathered that the lady passenger who saw the stubbornness of the motorcyclist discontinued with the ride.

However, as the cyclist tried to ride through the damaged wire, a part of his motorcycle touched the naked wire and he was immediately electrocuted and burnt beyond recognition.

An eyewitness who identified himself as Timothy said, “We warned him against crossing the wire, but he didn’t listen to us.

“Perhaps, he didn’t know why we told him not to pass the area and he probably didn’t see the naked wire.

“But his passenger saw the danger and quickly jumped off the bike.”

It was gathered that officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps removed his corpse and took it to the morgue of an undisclosed hospital.

As at the time our correspondent visited the scene, FRSC officials, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, as well as the Police were at the scene to control traffic and prevent people from using the section of the road.

Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, an Assistant Superintendent of Corps I, Adakola Peters, confirmed the report; noting that officials of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company  were already on ground to effect necessary repairs.