A yet-to-be identified man was on the early hours of Monday, September 4, electrocuted at a transformer in Amawbia community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra state.
The deceased was said to have stormed the area with members of his gang to vandalize electrical wire installations at the transformer infront of a hotel when the incident happened.
A resident of the area who identified himself as Eric Okonkwo said the suspects had taken advantage of the 4-day power outage that affected the state capital to carry out the act.
He said the deceased was however unlucky as light was restored by Enugu Electrical Distribution Company (EEDC) around midnight while he was disconnecting the cables.
Okonkwo said:”Luck ran out on one of them who was disconnecting the wires when EEDC suddenly restored power at about 12 midnight and was electrocuted.
“Immediately his gang discovered their colleague has been electrocuted, they abandoned him and fled with the wires they had already vandalized.”
In a related development, two robbery suspects were arrested while dispossessing unsuspecting citizens of their valuables on the Second Niger Bridge in Onitsha.
Spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga said the suspects, aged between 20 and 22 years, from Enugu and Ebonyi States respectively were arrested by operatives attached to Harbour Division.
He said two daggers and five sim cards removed from previously stolen phones were recovered from them while their accomplices fled.
He said: “The Police team which was on surveillance patrol on the Bridge to prevent vandals from stealing expansion joints were alerted to activities of the gang near the Obosi end of the bridge.
“The Covert Police Team monitored the gang and swooped in on them arresting two of the gangsters while others fled.
“When searched, two daggers and five sim cards removed from previously stolen phones were recovered from the suspects aged between 20 and 22 years.
“One of the suspect hailed from Enugu State and the other from Ebonyi State.
“The Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye commended the Police Team for its vigilance and courage in confronting the gang.
“He has directed that owners of the recovered sim cards be located with a view to assembling evidence for successful prosecution of the arrested suspects.”
