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Cable thief ‘fried’ to death
A middle aged man in Kaduna got more than he hoped for when his bid to steal electric cable at a power supply installation led to his death, as he was electrocuted on the spot.
The incident took place at Accra Crescent by LEA Primary School, Unguwar Rimi.
Confirming the incident, traditional ruler of the area, Dan Iyar Unguwar Rimi, Alhaji Muhammad Gidado, said the corpse of the vandal was evacuated from the scene by the police from Unguwar Rimi Division.
According to him, the vandal was unknown to them in the area and urged law enforcement agencies to step-up patrol as the community has suffered from the activities of vandals lately.
Gidado explained that the deceased tried to steal the 150mm four core up-riser cable at the distribution sub-station along Accra Crescent when nemesis caught up with him.
The Head, Corporate Communications of Kaduna Electric, the operator of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Mr Abdulazeez Abdullahi, also confirmed the incident.
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He appealed to customers of the company to be more vigilant and report suspicious movement around power supply installations to the police, especially in the night.
Abdullahi lamented that the activities of these hoodlums was causing set back to the company’s effort at providing steady power supply to its customers.
He warned criminal elements to desist from damaging or removing power supply equipment as the consequence could be very tragic.
Meanwhile, the police said it was investigating the incident with a view to arresting the collaborators of the act and preventing recurrence.
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