A man has died of electrocution while vandalising a transformer in Ogbe Quarters, Ute- Okpu community, in the Ike North-East Local Government Area of Delta State.
The state Police spokesperson DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident on Sunday.
“Yes, it is confirmed. The young man is a vandal and unfortunately, he was electrocuted,” Edafe said.
It was gathered that residents in the community raised the alarm when they saw the corpse of the man hanging on an electric pole and cables located close to a market in the community.
A witness simply identified as John revealed that he was on his way to a nearby community when he saw the corpse on the pole and raised the alarm.
“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,” John said.
“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.”
