Man Electrocuted In Lagos While Vandalising Transformer

A man has been found electrocuted in Lagos, while trying to vandalise a power transformer in Lonlo area of Iju-Ishaga, Lagos.

According to reports, the deceased who was wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans trousers, apparently hid under the cover of darkness and power failure to remove the steel covering of the power equipment. But while he was it, power was restored and there was reportedly a spark from the transformer.

Passers-by who initially assumed he was an official of the Ikeja Power Distribution Company, later on close observation found out he had been electrocuted.

Police sources at Iju told Vanguard that the local government council had been informed towards removing the corpse.