By Ahmad Deedat Zakari
A yet-to-be-identified young man has died while tampering with a transformer and feeder pillar in Lokoja.
The lifeless body of the deceased was found in the early hours of Thursday beside a transformer at Paparanda Square, Lokoja.
Pictures of the deceased circulated and seen on social media showed the deceased clutching to the cables believed to be taken from the equipment.
Residents who spoke to The Daily Reality narrated that the man set out at dawn to steal cables believed to be expensive from the transformer.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) removed the deceased corpse and handed it to the police for further investigation.
However, as of the time of writing this report, the police is yet to comment on the tragedy.