Suspected thief electrocuted in Edo

A man was on Monday electrocuted while allegedly attempting to steal transformer cables in Jattu community in Etsako West LGA of Edo State.

A source said residents woke up in the morning to see the corpse of the suspect dangling on two electric poles where a transformer was sited.

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The victim, it was learnt, had cut the cable beneath the transformer, packed it aside and climbed up the electric pole to cut the four long cables that connect light to the transformer to the low tension wire.

He added that officials of BEDC came and evacuated the corpse.

The spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said he was yet to be briefed about the incident.