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British engineer electrocuted

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  • Vanessa 11 years ago

    Electric current in Ghana is so powerful, it'll kill a horse. What a sad story.

  • Alugu 11 years ago

    His colleague had his bath without an incedent, and in the same bathroom he was killed. Many questions here.

  • shower-shocker. 11 years ago

    how can electricity follow Osborn everywhere? the same shower someone just came out of safely, now shocking a person who had once been shocked. hmmmmm, poor osborn.

  • OZA 11 years ago

    That's really STRANGE! He had a shock in his bathroom and did NOT report to the authorities. Then he went to take a shower in his neighbor's room and had another shock from the same shower that his neighbor had just used? Why ...
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  • GBESE 11 years ago

    he probably had static electricity which was so powerful to kill him

  • Ewusi 11 years ago

    He had a secret.

  • Kwesi Agbenu 11 years ago

    Company Inside work

  • PAPillon 11 years ago

    Typical third world installation and lack of regulatory institutions to tackle dodgy workmanship. Mmmm!?

  • OZA 11 years ago

    This strange electrocusion has nothing to do with the third world!

  • Amina 11 years ago

    This is so sad,my sympathy goes to the family.

  • Gotlieb Gbotsyo Agamah 11 years ago

    Most Electrical installations in Ghana have very dodgy wiring and usage of sub-standard or lethal standards cheap imports from China. No standard to conform with.
    A lot of cheap Chinese imports of extension leads in Ghana ar ...
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  • Moira 11 years ago

    Very true! Electrical wiring in the country is pathetic. You'll get a shock just by touching an outlet. It's really unfortunate for this man to die.

  • EZEKIEL 11 years ago

    Why do many people blame China for EVERYTHING which goes "wrong" in Ghana ??? We DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECTABLE STANDARDS and yet we are so "proud"!!!
    Go to Shanghai etc. and witness what China does with electricity.
    Why don' ...
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  • JK 11 years ago

    The man had a shock in his own bathroom in this hotel. He asks to use his friend's bathroom and is killed in the bath, ostensibly from electric shock.

    Clearly, bad wiring is a problem in this hotel. The place should be sh ...
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  • Let us be Bold 11 years ago

    The risks of doing business is so high these days and begs the question whether it is worth while? such an instantaneous death should not be acceptable

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

    ALL DIE BI DEAD...
    HOW MANY GHFUO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY ELECTRICITY?

  • abongo 11 years ago

    waa look.something day under!

  • MADZIA 11 years ago

    I DO HOPE ITS NOT RELATED TO THE POWER ISSUES WE ARE FACING IN GHANA WHICH IS RENDERING EVERY ELECTRICAL THING USELESS

  • SHALOM 11 years ago

    This is very strange. The entire development leading to the ill-fated death of Osborn is shrewded with questions needing explanation.

  • Zeto 11 years ago

    This is a clear case of suicide.

  • Concerned Patriot 11 years ago

    SUICIDE you cal it. Ghana's reputation is in the mud. There is hardly any good thing now in Ghana. You wait and see the outcome of this investigation, except that I know the British people would press for answers.

  • JoJo 11 years ago

    Stupid Boy

  • Omaso 11 years ago

    Our condolence.

  • Akwasi,London 11 years ago

    Why was his friend who had just finished having his bath in the same bathroom and had used the same shower not electrocuted?Why was the deceased electrocuted in his own bathroom and again in his friend's bathroom?Something fi ...
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  • BLAKK WIREMAN 11 years ago

    AFRICAN ELECTRONICS AT WORK IN A LOCATION NEAR YOU, IF YOU ARE A NON GHANAIAN, WATCH OUT.

  • KWAME AMPONSAH 11 years ago

    The Police are investigating indeed. what stopped them from investigating the late President - Prof. Fiifi Atta-Mills' death. Hypocrites!!!!

  • Mr. Oushuuuuu 11 years ago

    The hotel has a case to answer.How does electricity come into contact with a shower hose and not only in one room.

  • Grieving friend 11 years ago

    You are talking about my friend that has been killed by an electric shock...to those of you that have put joking comments about suicide and Ghanaian wiring...may you all rot in hell

  • the brother of the deceased. 11 years ago

    Grieving friend. Can you contact me please. My email address is bobinaus@hotmail.com. looking forward to hearing from you.

  • makaa maka 11 years ago

    in this modern world.waa look at this.ghana ooooo ghana