During an erection of a billboard, at least five young men have been reportedly electrocuted with a metal frame at the Obiri-Ikwerre area of Rumuosi Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of River state on Monday, August 21.

Report had it that Four others were rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) where doctors are battling to save their lives.

A team of nine men were mounting the billboard structure with a metal frame that touched the high-tension cable mounted around the same perimeter where they were working. The current gripped and shocked five of them to death while four others are said to be battling for survival.

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