- Anambra man electrocuted while attempting to steal armoured cables with his robbery gang in Nsukka
- Members of the gang flee, leaving behind the lifeless body of the deceased and a minibus used for attempted vandalism
- Irate youths ransack the vehicle, recover sensitive items like National, Anambra state Security ID cards and handset
Those who said that every day is for the thief but one day is for the owner of the house were indeed right on Monday night at Obukpa community, Nsukka local government area of Enugu state as a middle-aged man was electrocuted while allegedly stealing armoured cables in one of the transformers in the community.
WITHIN NIGERIA source told our reporter that the deceased criminal came with about four other persons, mostly community dwellers in a mini bus with registration number BLF 203 XA.
According to our source, they pretended to be Enugu State Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC officials on a special mission but when one of them, a member of Anambra state vigilante was electrocuted, the rest took to their heels, abandoning the deceased on the spot.
Narrating further, an eye witness told our reporter that “ it took the curious eyes of some community dwellers and passersby to discover that a man was lying lifeless on the foot of the transformer.
“We discovered that they came with this minibus to steal armoured cables in a transformer at Ihe Primary school Obukpa last night.
“Immediately the guy was electrocuted they ran away and left this minibus behind. The victim was burnt beyond recognition.”
It was gathered that some irate youths who saw what was happening ransacked the vehicle and recovered some items which included a National ID and Anambra state Vigilante ID cards bearing Igweze Chugo Fabian.
“Another item recovered included an aging dual SIM handset. When they called his wife who stays at Nnewi, she expressed her surprise over the incident, saying she was with him throughout Monday evening, wondering when he left Nnewi to perpetrate such crime.”
WITHIN NIGERIA investigation showed that for some months now, many communities in Nsukka metropolis have continued to experience unprecedented vandalization of their transformers. Some of such communities after repairing those vandalized have gone as far as casting a spell through a deity on a person who would attempt to steal anything from the transformer again.
However, all efforts to get the reaction of Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Enugu state police command, Daniel Ndukwe, proved abortive as he was not picking his calls.