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From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt
An assistant pastor of a new generation church has been arrested by Police over the tragic death of five men in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police (SP), disclosed this on Tuesday.
She said investigation was ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding the untimely death of the victims.
The name of the pastor could not be ascertained as at the time of filing the report.
Five young men were reportedly electrocuted in the state while trying to mount a billboard with a metal frame at the Obiri-Ikwerre area of Rumuosi Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State on Monday.
It was gathered that four others involved in the incident have been hospitalized at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).
It was gathered that a team of nine men were mounting the bill board structure when the metal frame touched live high-tension cable.
It was gathered that passersby who saw the incident had intervened and moved the victims to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), where the five persons involved were confirmed dead.
It was learned that the victims were private businessmen who were contracted to mount the billboard for a Church along the Rumuosi axis, near the Obiri-Ikwerre flyover.
