Dayo da-Silva, Ogun

A suspected cable thief on Sunday morning was electrocuted while attempting to steal some live wires in Demunre Village, along Kobape road in Obafemi Owode local Government area of Ogun State.  

The corpse of the victim was seen dangling from the electrical poles of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC .

A close look at the connections on the pole revealed that some cables had been removed by the suspect before luck ran out on him.

Some residents of communities around the area who were gathered at the scene of the incident, said there has been cases of stealing of electrical cables in the recent past.

They said it was a shock to see the body of a human  dangling on the electrical pole at the early hours of the day.

The Technical supervisor of IBEDC in Owode Egba, Oladimeji Alatishe who was at the scene said it is now glaring that their officials were never responsible for previous stealing of electrical materials in the area as earlier insinuated in some quarters.

Two other  staff of IBEDC later removed the corpse from the pole, while some officers of the Nigerian Police came to take away the corpse.

Nigerian Newstrack gathered that the dead suspect was reported to be one of the scavengers who usually come to the area to pick metal scraps.

 Video source, Kasnaty