Transformer vandal electrocuted in Ogun

An unidentified man has been electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a transformer in the Akute area of Ogun State.

PUNCH Online gathered that the community has been facing issues with the theft and damage of electrical wires from their power transformer.

The spokesman for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed this in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Saturday, said that the deceased had climbed into the transformer house and while attempting to cut a wire, got electrocuted and died.

She revealed that the incident was reported to the police by the chairman of the Irewole community.

“At about 10:20 am, on Friday, the chairman of the Irewole community, a man identified as Rasheed Ajagbe, reported to the station that for a while, the community had been experiencing theft and damage of electrical wires from their power transformer.

“He…

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