An unidentified middle-aged man was on Monday electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a PHCN cable at Ijora Causeway area of Lagos.
Our correspondent who visited the scene, reports that the burnt body of the victim was found near an electricity pole with some tools allegedly used in cutting the cables.
Some parts of the victim’s body were burnt, indicating that the cable he attempted to vandalise was linked to a high tension wire at the time of the incident.
Francis Ibe, PHCN Business Manager in Ijora, told NAN that the vandalism of PHCN facilities in the area had become a source of concern to the management.
He said over 100 meters of 25Omm cables, which served various communities around the Ijora area, have been carted away by the vandals, thus denying many communities of access to electricity from the national grid.
Ibe said it would cost PHCN over N30 million to replace the vandalized cables and feeders pillars in the area.
Ibe noted that in 2009, about 20 transformers, 10 feeders and injectors were vandalised and called for urgent intervention by government to rescue Ijora district from total black out.
He called on communities, companies and individuals to keep watch over government properties in their areas to avoid vandalism by miscreants.
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