Residents in Shock as Transformer Thief is Electrocuted to Death in Kano

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The residents of Kawon Maigari, Hotoro Area of Kano, were left in total shock with the discovery of a man electrocuted while trying to vandalise a fenced-electricity transformer.

 

 A 35-year-old man, Jamilu Adamu, was on Wednesday electrocuted at Kawon Maigari, Hotoro Area of Kano, Kano State, while trying to vandalise a fenced-electricity transformer.

The Public Relations Officer of Kano Electricity Distribution Company, Mohammed Kandi, confirmed this in a statement he released to newsmen on Thursday in Kano.

 

KEDCO spokesman said that the deceased was found dead with some tools that include, Sizes 17 and 20 rings and flat spanner by his side.

The statement also quoted the Head of Health Safety and Environment of KEDCO, Mr. Aminu Abubakar,  as saying that the vandal’s corpse had been evacuated by the police.