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A yet to be identified man was on Monday night electrocuted while allegedly trying to steal electricity cables inside Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka campus, in Anambra State.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!A source disclosed on Tuesday that the incident happened around the Faculty of Education building.
The source said the man was cutting cables inside the electricity installation arena when Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) suddenly restored power, thereby electrocuting him.
“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 today (Tuesday), taking him 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 were not successful.
