The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly, Hon. Solomon Kotey Nikoi has set the record straight with regards to the viral video of a man alleged to have been electrocuted to death while fixing a party flag on an electric pole.
A video with the man who was said to have suffered that fate while fixing an NPP flag to the pole caused a lots of trouble with some political actors circulating the video to taunt their political opponents.
Reacting to this video, the MCE, who identified the deceased as Richard Buenortey said he was a contracted electrician of the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly and died in line of duty while fixing streetlights.
“By this release, we wish to set the records straight that, Richard Buenortey died in the line of duty, and that the general public should ignore the news making rounds on Social media and in the mainstream media that ‘A man dies while fixing a party flag on a light pole’.
Below is the full statement:
