Alexander Okere, Benin

A man , suspected to be a cable thief, has been reportedly electrocuted at Faith Street , off Owena road, in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State .

The deceased , identified as one Omoivie, was said to have died while attempting to steal some electric cables at a high voltage distribution system belonging to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company in the area.

It was also learnt that the BEDC was yet to connect the area to the HVDS.

A source in the area said that the corpse of the victim was sighted near some mini transformers with a pliers by his side on Thursday morning.

According to the source , the cable thief may have been killed between 2a.m and 3a.m due to the fluctuation of power experienced during the period .

Some sympathisers who were at the scene said that the deceased was recently released from prison , after spending many months awaiting trial for cable theft .

He was also said to be the eldest son of his family.

However, some residents alleged that the deceased may have been a serial thief as many cables connected to the HVDS in the area had been stolen since they had not been electrified for public use.

A landlord in the area , Okhuorabo Isaac , said , “ We always bought cables for our transformers and they were stolen in this area. ”

Another resident, Believe Ovamwanta, said , “ There was electricity when the incident happened . The boy was killed because of induction of the wires . ”

The Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Nkombe , could not be reached for comments.

But the Public Relations Officer of the distribution company , Tayo Adekunle, confirmed the incident adding that investigation had commenced.

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The mumu nor know say light dey??

Well na lack of electricity for naija dey cuz cable stealing..

Eeya And May His Soul Rest In Pieces.

What will he tell God?.

He died well, straight to hell..

go and complete ur shock in hell

Him village people use cable stealing take swear for am?

Ha! this one is nothing compared to the one that died few years ago,the guy was roasted, and left standing there like a scarecrow.Imagine someone's eldest son being a theif,wat will d younger ones become? serves him well.

Hope he is arrested.

psycho1:
Hope he is arrested.

Seriously?

I feel for him but at the same time I wanna laff

psycho1:
Hope he is arrested.

You just smoke weed

Oun to mo je lo pa


He died in active service

fowosteppy21:
Seriously?

A 1000 ways to die
#electricfied!!

No fuks given

Sango Don strike

He will just be standing there in front of god with d plier in his hand.
And God will be like.... Ma Nigga!

psycho1:
Hope he is arrested.

Lwkmd

He short-circuited his way out of life. What a flight.

Hand done meet am

onos1979:
What will he tell God?.

No be Naija guy? He go see something tell God

My biggest fear "electricity", i remember one time i was trying to fix my AC and i reckon i touched the wrong wire, the next thing i knew i was in my wadrope With instant erection and a strong feeling of dehydration......

moshav22:
I feel for him but at the same time I wanna laff

You mean BuuhahahahahahahahahahahahHa

Such a disgraceful death. Na only him recession reach?

He must have offended a member of the Flying Eagles of Benin.

What a bitter way to sentence someone to death.


R.I.P

Dasuki blood dey flow for d guy vein ooo...Dooooor

Noone steals transformer cables with pliers.

See wetin the dullard cause

Lol.
That same power that killed him woke me up to charge my phone
Benin boys,,no more Libya.... Na cable remain

Is a pity... He should have known the source