Lol! Man Electrocuted To Death While Trying to Steal Electric Cable (Photo)

An unidentified middle age man was
electrocuted at the early hours of Sunday
while trying to steal electric cable at a
power supply installation in Kaduna.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the incident happened at Accra
Crescent by LEA Primary School, Unguwar
Rimi.

The traditional ruler of teh area, Dan Iyar
Unguwar Rimi, Alhaji Muhammad Gidado,
confirmed the incident.
Gidado said that the corpse of the vandal
was evacuated from the scene by the police
from Unguwar Rimi Division.

According to him, the vandal was
unknown to them in the area and urged
law enforcement agencies to step-up patrol
as the community has suffered from the
activities of vandals lately.

Gidado explained that the deceased tried to
steal the 150mm four core up-riser cable at
the distribution sub-station along Accra
Crescent when nemesis caught up with
him.

The Head, Corporate Communications of
Kaduna Electric, the operator of Kaduna
Electricity Distribution Company, Mr
Abdulazeez Abdullahi, also confirmed the
incident.

He appealed to customers of the company
to be more vigilant and report suspicious
movement around power supply
installations to the police, especially in the
night.

Abdullahi lamented that the activities of
these hoodlums was causing set back to the
company’s effort at providing steady
power supply to its customers.

He warned criminal elements to desist
from damaging or removing power supply
equipment as the consequence could be
very tragic.

Meanwhile, the police said it was
investigating the incident with a view to
arresting the collaborators of the act and
preventing reoccurence.