Man Electrocuted While Stealing Electric Cables in Unizik Power Installation
David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka
A yet-to-be-identified man was last Monday night electrocuted to death, while allegedly trying to steal electricity cables on the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka campus in Anambra State.
A source said the incident happened around the Faculty of Education building close to the Department of Economics of the university.
The source said the man was allegedly cutting cables inside the electricity installation arena when Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) suddenly restored power, hence he was electrocuted.
He said: “Evidence showed that the thief had almost done cutting a high-tension cable before electricity was suddenly restored by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), and he got killed.
“EEDC officials, policemen, and officials of the safety department of the university removed his body last Tuesday and took his body to the mortuary.
“We just came this morning (Tuesday) and found the body suspended from the electric pole at a transformer point in the area.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, could not confirm the incident as efforts to reach him proved abortive.
