Vandal electrocuted in Kano
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.

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.
He said, “At the time the police
evacuated the corpse, one of the HV bushings of the transformer had been
loosened from the base.
“This is an indication that the
intention of the deceased was to vandalise the transformer by removing
the bushings, and possibly the armoured cable.”
Abubakar said in the statement that the deceased was seen loitering around the substation area three days before the incident.
He said, “When he was approached, he told residents that he was there to visit his relative.”
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