Popular Politician Media Aide Dies While Answering Phone Call (Details)

Popular Politician Media Aide Dies While Answering Phone Call (Details)

Media aide to a member representing Degema state Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Osaki Diri has died.

Diri was electrocuted on Thursday, October 14 in Port Harcourt while making a phone call LIB gathered.

A friend to the deceased informed the publication that Diri’s phone rang and when he picked he was immediately electrocuted. His wife saw his predicament and tried to help him but she was flung away by the current.

The source said: “He picked the call while it was charging and got electrocuted,” the source said.

“His wife saw him and tried helping but the electric threw her away.”

An hour before his death Diri released a press statement for his local government council on Facebook and also made comments on his friend’s post. The deceased tied the knot two months ago in August 2021.

His friends have gone on Facebook to cry over his loss while also hailing him for his singing abilities.