Three years old girl electrocuted by fallen cable in Anambra

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Faiza Mohammed, a three-year-old girl in Awka, Anambra State, was electrocuted on Saturday by a fallen high tension cable that belonged to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).

According to a source, on Friday at Isaiah Morah near in Awka, the high tension wire broke and collapsed.

The source said neighbors of the region contacted the power distribution company to evacuate the cable, but they allegedly ignored the concern.

One local persresident in the area stated: “EEDC officials who were contacted demanded the sum of N30,000 to fix the problem and after the money was paid, they still did not come.

“The wire fell on Friday, 22nd May, 2025 and it was only fixed on Sunday, 24th May, 2025 after it had electrocuted the girl.”

It was discovered that locals were furious because they were without electricity. They assumed that the EEDC had turned off the street’s power due to the event, although they were unaware of what was powering the street cable.

Two EEDC! officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, reportedly disagreed with one another on the subject.

“One claimed that the incident was posted on their WhatsApp group and a team was dispatched to immediately respond but they couldn’t locate the place. After allegedly trying their best, they went back to the office.

“The second official admitted that the issue was posted on their WhatsApp group but that the Imo’awka masquerade festival that took place on Saturday, 23rd May, 2025 made it impossible to respond on Saturday.”

The residents rejected the claims.

One of them, Mrs Christiana said: “Isaiah Morah is along the Enugu-Onitsha Federal Highway by Udoka Housing Estate. Without exception, all EEDC customers here are on prepaid meters and we have specific officials servicing this area. Our transformer is one of the ones serving Udoka, how could anyone claim that they could not locate here?”

On the issue of the masquerade festival, she said “It is a big fat lie. People weren’t harassed, I even attended a wedding at St Joseph the Worker after returning from Eke Awka market. They’re lying because they murdered this girl with their negligence.”

Three-year-old Faiza Mohammed lives in a house that is still under construction on the street with her mother and other family members.

They frequently walk outside to get water from other compounds, and the girl was electrocuted when she approached the roadside cable without realizing it had electricity.

Other kids yelled when they realized what had happened, and the adults who came quickly removed her with care and sent her to the Awka Medical Center at Udoka Gate, but she didn’t make it.

As of the time this report was filed, attempts to contact EEDC officials for a response were unsuccessful.

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