Unknown man electrocuted to death while damaging a transformer in the Ute- Okpu hamlet in Ogbe Quarters, Ike North-East Local Government Area, Delta State.
ANAEDOONLIONE According to Metro, locals in the neighborhood raised the alarm when they discovered the man’s body hanging from an electric pole and cables near a local market.
A resident who only went by the name Mr. John told our correspondent that a boy who has not yet been named was on his way to a nearby community when he noticed the body on the pole and called the police.
John said, “We were alerted by a young boy who was going to the next village that a dead body was hanging on the electric pole. We have been indoors since morning because of the rain that kept us in our beds.
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“We didn’t go anywhere due to the rainfall. Even though we came out to our frontage, we did not notice the lifeless body of the young man hanging there. The corpse was holding an electric cable, which means that he was cutting the cable.
“For some time now, we didn’t have a power supply but the BEDC restored power around 3am; only God knows what happened. We alerted the vigilance members in this area and they informed the police before the corpse was brought down.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, on Sunday confirmed the incident.
He said, “Yes, it is confirmed. The young man is a vandal and unfortunately, he was electrocuted.”
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