An unidentified man has died after being electrocuted while allegedly attempting to vandalise a transformer in the Akute area of Ogun State.
Residents of the community have reportedly been dealing with frequent theft and damage to electrical wires connected to their power transformer.
Confirming the incident in a statement on Saturday, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, said the man was electrocuted while cutting a wire after climbing into the transformer enclosure.
The tragic event was reported to the police by the chairman of the Irewole community, she added.
“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 reported that around 7 am, he received a call to inspect the transformer and he went there with other community executives.
“When they arrived at the transformer house, they found the lifeless body of an unidentified individual and saw that the man had attempted to vandalise a wire, which then resulted in electrocution,” the statement partly read.
Odutola stated that a team of detectives visited the scene and took photographs.
“Once we got the report, detectives visited the scene to investigate and take photographs. The PHCN office was contacted and the corpse was taken and deposited at General Hospital Ifo mortuary, for autopsy and preservation,” the statement added.
