Barbing salon operator dies after electrocution while attacking EEDC facility in Enugu

A barbing salon operator, Tochukwu Onah has been electrocuted while allegedly attempting to vandalize the distribution transformer of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).

Guardian gathered that the lifeless body of the salon operator was discovered in the early hours of yesterday, at Ede Oballa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State within the space of a distribution transformer belonging to the EEDC.

EEDC’s Communications Director, Emeka Ezeh, confirmed that ” It is suspected that he was electrocuted while attempting to vandalize the distribution transformer which already had some of its cables severed”

The deceased was identified as an indigene of Ede-Oballa (the same community where the transformer is located).