Cable thief electrocuted to death in Niger

isaac dachen 12:58 - 08 August 2016

A typical transformer in a Nigerian community (Illustration)

A young man who tried to steal cables from a transformer when there was a power cut was electrocuted with the sudden restoration of electricity.

A young man who attempted to

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According to eyewitnesses, the thief who had been apprehended several times while making away with people's property, decided to try his luck with the cables when there was power outage but met his waterloo as he was at work when there was a restoration of the electricity and he was electrocuted.

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His dead and burnt body was found the next day with the cables entangled on him in the morning of Sunday, August 7, 2016.