Published January 21, 2025
By Our Correspondent
Luck ran out of one of the cable thieves in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, as he was electrocuted on Sunday at a transformer along Ribadu Square.

In a statement issued on Sunday by the Adamawa State Police Command spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje stated that the yet-to-be identified middle-aged man was found half burnt atop a transformer connecting poles that link electricity cables the different parts of the area.
According to the statement which read in parts, “The Adamawa State Police Command has today 19/1/2025 found a yet-to-be identified person at the electric transformer along Ribadu square around 0600hrs, while trying to vandalise some electrical cables.
“Unfortunately, a part of his body got in contact with live electric current which caused him an electric shock and serious injury, leaving him. unconscious

The statement added that investigations were ongoing for more recoveries and others who were involved.
Meanwhile, the Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, Dankombo Morris, has warned that members of the public should keep off from electrical transformers and cables.
He advised residents to report anyone seen lurking around electric facilities for immediate action by the police.

Several parts of Adamawa State have been subjected to total darkness in the last few months due to vandals activities in the state.

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