A suspected vandal has been electrocuted while tampering with an exposed live wire in an attempt to steal it from a transformer substation at Commissioners’ Quarters in Damaturu, the Yobe capital. The Communications Officer, Yola Electricity Distribution Company, Blessing Tunoh, made this known in a statement issued in Yola on Saturday. Tunoh said that the company’s Regional Manager, Operations, visited …

The body of a suspected vandal was found dead inside an electrical transformer enclosure belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc on Missionary Avenue in Coal Camp, Enugu, on Friday. It is believed that the deceased was electrocuted while attempting to cut armoured cables. Confirming the incident to journalists in Enugu, the Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr Emeka …

A technician identified as Badmus Ola has reportedly died of electrocution in the Kajola area via Owode-Egba, Ogun State. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told newsmen that the incident happened around 4.45 pm on Christmas Day. It was learnt that the technician, along with five others, had been contracted to remove a billboard in the area and …