Suspected cable thief electrocuted in Takoradi

A thirty year old man has been electrocuted on the premises of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) for allegedly attempting to steal underground high tension cables. 

The deceased was alleged to have gone into a trench dug by the ECG, with a cutlass and a cutter to cut the cables and in the process got electrocuted. 

The Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olivia Adiku, said the Chief  Security Officer of the Takoradi Technical University, Kwame Cherubim Ametepey reported that he had seen a dead body near the Nzema Mensah Hall.  

She said the police proceeded to the scene, where they saw the body in a trench. 

ASP Adiku said investigations revealed that the personnel of ECG had dug a trench to trace a fault on their underground high tension cable.  

She said the body has been deposited at the Effia Nkwanta hospital mortuary for identification and autopsy.

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