By Wilson Adekumola
A man was reportedly electrocuted in early hours of Thursday while vandalizing AEDC transformer at a substation at Camp road in Lokoja.
According to an eyewitness who claimed he knew the victim, the vandal hails fromLokoja, identified the victim’s name as Alfa Olukulu Kabiru, from Angwan- Masara street.
Commenting on the incident, Engr. Michael Eneromi, SME Lokoja Area Office For Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, said that the attention of the Company was drawn to a corpse at a substation along camp road, adding that the transformer has been a subject of repeated vandalization over a period, pointed out that the recent vandalization that killed the unknown vandal as the fifth in the series.
”Just last week we fixed the transformer following report by the community after it was vandalized”.
”Yesterday following another report of vandalization on the same transformer, we sent a mail requesting for about N1.9m to fix the transformer”.
Engr. Michael appreciateed that the recent electrocution of the vandal has clarified the insinuation that Staff of the AEDC are behind vandalization of electricity infrastructure.
”This is my 20 years of working as a staff of NEPA, AEDC, I make bold to say never have there been incidence of vandalization by our staff. I’m happy that the people can confirm this alongside others in Lokoja that mischief makers are behind the wicked act.
”I kindly want to appeal to members of the public to see electricity infrastructure as their equipment. I call on vigilantee, the security Agencies and members of the public to always call the attention of AEDC when they notice unusual movement and ensure that only staff with AEDC identity cards are allowed to carry out maintenance on our facilities”.
The Corpse of the deceased have been deposited at the Mortuary of the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja by the Police and the AEDC officials.
