Cable vandal electrocuted in Edo

Body of the suspect being evacuated

An unidentified man, believed to be involved in electric cable vandalism, suffered electrocution in Jattu, within the Etsako West Local Government area of Edo State.

A source in the area alleged that the deceased whom he said should be in his late 30s, had successfully cut the cable beneath the transformer and packed it aside.

“We are surprised to wake up this morning and observe that a corpse was dangling on the electric.

“We saw some cable he cut, but he also climbed up to cut the long cables to connect the low tension lines.

Meanwhile, officials of the BEDC in the area have evacuated the corpse of the suspected vandal from the pole.

Edo Police Command spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said he was yet to be briefed about the development.