Man shocked to death in Ondo State

A man who was identified as mr Adeyemi Ogunleye was electrocuted on top of the roof of his house located at 10, Oyemekun Road, Akure, Ondo State capital on Saturday during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise.

According to the eyewitness, the lifeless body of   65-year-old man found lying on top of the roof of his house holding a cable Saturday morning.

It was said that the deceased was trying to make some illegal connections to an electric pole in front of his house to enable the house have electricity supply without the approval of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company.

The eyewitness said, “ We  woke this morning (Saturday) just to see him on top of the roof of the house, I think he was trying to illegally connect a wire from his house to the electric pole in front of the house because there was no light in the area at that time .

“But in the process of doing this, the BEDC supplied power to the area and he died instantly because we saw him holding a live wire and before anybody could get to him, he has given up...