An unidentified transformer vandal was electrocuted early
Monday morning while stealing some feeder pillar units from an electric
transformer at Lonlo Bus Stop, along Iju Road, Fagba, Lagos State, southwest, Nigeria.
The
victim, who was in a pair of jeans and
black T–Shirt, had succeeded in
removing one feeder unit, but luck ran out on him while he was trying to
remove another one from the Mitchell 500KVA when electricity supply was
suddenly restored.
The corpse of the deceased, who was
believed to be from the northern part of Nigeria, was discovered by a
13-year old boy, Segun Adedokun, who was going to fetch water in the
area.
According to reports, on sighting the dead body, Adedokun
raised alarm that attracted residents of the area to the scene of the
incident.
When P.M.NEWS visited the area
Monday morning, some residents who had gathered at the scene, were seen
using their cell phones to take photograph of the electrocuted young
man, while cursing him for attempting to steal the feeder units.
A
witness, Mr. Egunjobi Samuel, said that vandals had been tampering with
their transformer for a long time, adding that luck ran out on the
victim because God wanted to expose one of them today.
“We have been experiencing this thing for a long time. Some people will just come and remove some parts from this transformer. God decided to expose one of them today. It serves him right,’’ Samuel said.
Another resident, Mr Olaolu Mike, accused
cart pushers from Abattoir in Agege Lagos of being behind the
vandalization of the transformer, adding that the electrocuted man was
one of them as he came with his cart which was parked beside him.
P.M.NEWS learnt that the police at Red House Division in Iju, Lagos have been informed about the incident.
As
at the time our correspondent visited the area, officials of Lagos
State Government and Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, Iju Ishaga
Station, were already at the scene of the incident.
The IKEDC officials were still trying to disconnect the high tension cables as at the time of filing this report.
One
of the IKEDC officials, Engineer Coker, said: “There was no supply of
electricity throughout the night, until this early morning. So it is
believed that he was electrocuted this early morning.”
He disclosed that similar feeders were re-installed at Tokotaya, Agbado Crossing, Iju, Lagos last week after the transformer at the area was vandalized.
Source:PM News
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