A yet-to-be-identified man has died from electrocution while vandalising a transformer in Ogbe Quarters, Ute- Okpu town, Ike North-East Local Government Area, Delta State.
It was learned that neighbours in the town raised the alarm after discovering the man’s body hanging from an electric pole and cables near a community market.
According to a resident identified named as Mr John, a yet-to-be-identified child was on his way to a nearby village when he noticed the corpse on the pole and raised the alarm.
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.
“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 incident has been confirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe.
