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Agency Report<\/span><\/p>\n Kindly share:<\/span><\/p>\n 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\u2019 Quarters in Damaturu, the Yobe capital.<\/span><\/p>\n The Communications Officer, Yola Electricity Distribution Company, Blessing Tunoh, made this known in a statement issued in Yola on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n Tunoh said that the company\u2019s Regional Manager, Operations, visited the scene alongside the Maintenance Officer, after receiving the report of the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n She said that the suspect\u2019s body was evacuated from the substation by the Damaturu police patrol team codenamed: \u201cOperation Haba Maza,\u201d and taken to the Damaturu Teaching Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n The company\u2019s spokesperson said that the relatives of the deceased came and identified the deceased\u2019s corpse on arrival at the hospital and claimed it.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cInvestigation revealed that the deceased attempted to use his shirt to shield himself while tampering with an exposed live wire during the illegal act.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, contact with the live cable led to his instant electrocution but the transformer was not damaged, and no further vandalism was reported,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n Tunoh quoted the Police Public Relations Officer, Yobe Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, as saying that the deceased had attempted to steal the power assets at about 1:00 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere was power outage when the suspected vandal entered into the transformer substation but was suddenly electrocuted when power was restored.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHis lifeless body was discovered in the early hours of the morning by residents on their way to the mosque for morning prayers.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe incident was promptly reported to the Maisandari \u2018B\u2019 Division of the Police Command in Yobe, which deployed personnel to evacuate the body.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe will continue to support the YEDC in protecting their installations and prosecuting arrested vandals who damage power infrastructure and disrupt services,\u201d she quoted Abdulkarim as saying. NAN.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Electrocution. File photo Agency Report Kindly share: A suspected vandal has been electrocuted while tampering with an exposed live wire…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[712,22],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-electricity-distribution-company","tag-electrocution"],"yoast_head":"\n