Man electrocuted while trying to steal transformer cables in Imo

A yet-to-be-identified man has been electrocuted while trying to steal transformer cables at Government Secondary School Owerri, Imo State.

The school security man, Mr. Iwu said the man must have jumped into the school through the fence late at night to access the transformer donated to the school by the 1970 class of the Old Boys Association.

Mr. Iwu suggested that since power was restored at about 1am by the electricity company, it was likely the incident occurred at the same time.

He explained that said the school management only discovered the lifeless body inside the transformer fenced with barbed wires, located on the left side of the school entrance gate in the morning.

Also reacting to the incident, Mr. Chukwujindu Anyikwa, the Principal of the school said on noticing the incident, they reported it to the Secondary Education Management Board ( SEMB) and Enugu Electricity Distribution Company ( EEDC), who later visited the scene of the incident.

The principal said he was advised to contact the Police Spokesman, Henry Okoye, who referred him to the DPO Shell Camp Police Station.

He further explained that it was after making entry at the Police Station that they were advised to go to the Federal University Teaching Hospital Owerri mortuary with a Police report before the mortuary attendants came with an ambulance and evacuated the body.

When contacted for details, the PPRO Imo State Command, Henry Okoye confirmed the incident and the school authority to engage more security personnel, especially at night.