- The body has been taken to a mortuary
A man has died after being electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a transformer in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, according to police.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, 1 September, at a company on Awolowo Road.
Lagos State Police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin said the man had climbed a gate beside the transformer when he was electrocuted and fell into the compound, where he died instantly.
“At about 4 am, one security guard on duty at a company situated at Awolowo Road in Ikoyi came to the station and reported that while he was on duty, an unknown person climbed the gate by the side of PHCN transformer. In an attempt to vandalise same, he was electrocuted, fell inside the compound and died on the spot,” the statement partly read.
A security guard on duty reported the incident to police, who visited the scene to investigate.
The body has been taken to a mortuary, and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has been notified.