Transformer vandal electrocuted in Lagos

Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin

An unidentified man has been electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a transformer at a company situated on Awolowo Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State.

The incident was said to have occurred in the early hours of Sunday, September 1.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed this in a statement obtained by PUNCH Online on Sunday said the deceased had climbed the gate beside the transformer when he got struck by the electric current, fell inside the compound and died on the spot.

Hundeyin said the incident was reported to the police by a security guard on duty at the company.

“At about 4 am, one security guard on duty at a company situated at Awolowo Road in Ikoyi came to the station and reported that while he was on duty, an unknown person climbed the gate by the side of PHCN transformer. In an attempt to vandalise same, he was electrocuted, fell inside the compound and died on the spot,” the statement partly read.

Hundeyin stated that a team of anti-crime patrol officers visited the scene and took photographs of the deceased.

“The PHCN office was contacted and the remains of the corpse were taken to the mortuary,” the statement added.