A yet-to-be-identified man was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a transformer in the Oyigbo local government area of Rivers State.
The lifeless body of the suspected vandal was seen lying close to the transformer with some of his working tools beside him in the early hours of Thursday.
An eyewitness said the deceased and his accomplice came to vandalise electrical wire installations from a transformer in a residential area popularly known as Happy Life Street around 3a.m when the incident happened
According to the witness, the deceased was unlucky as the Oyigbothe light was restored by Port-Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) at midnight while he was disconnecting the cables.
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