A middle-aged man whose identity is yet to be ascertained has been electrocuted while trying to vandalise BEDC Electricity Plc’s transformer along Airport Road in Benin City, Edo State.
The deceased has succeeded in cutting some of the cables before he got electrocuted.
The incident, which happened in the early hour of Monday drew the attention of passers-by as many were seen cursing the deceased for being responsible for their perpetual darkness, adding that he, at last, had met his Waterloo.
One of the residents of the area, Mr. Emmanuel popularly known as James Bond 007, blamed the action of the deceased on get-rich-quick syndrome.
He stated that the deceased would have still been alive if has cultivated the act of due diligence in making money.
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Emmanuel revealed that despite losing his life in the process, the deceased has also succeeded in putting the entire community in total darkness.
He further called on the youths to shun the act of quick money and look for genuine means of making money to avoid unwanted death.
Speaking at the scene of the incident, the BEDC’s Ag. Head, Corporate Communications, Mrs Evelyn Gbiwen who decried the incessant act of energy theft and vandalism of the company’s facilities within the axis of Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti, said people must learn to desist from it describing the act as dangerous.
She however wondered why despite the company’s regular warning to the members of the public to desist from vandalism and energy theft, some people still indulge themselves in it.
She further appealed to residents in areas where BEDC’s facilities are located to be vigilant and help safeguard them from vandals so that the company can serve them better.
