A 16-year-old boy, Terseer Iorparegh, was twa y caught stuck
in a high tension cable while attempting to vandalize the PHCN cable along Naka
road in Makurdi.
Vanguard gathered from the Senior Special Assistant to
Governor Gabriel Suswam on Public Utilities, Mr. Gaddafi Asemanya who was at
the scene said residents of the area were woken up by shout of help from the young
man around 2.am on Thursday only to behold the teenager hanging between the
high tension cable after he had suffered shock and first degree burns.
Asemanya said the teenager who had removed the lower cable
climbed the PHCN pole to vandalize the upper cable when his leg touched a line
which caused a spark and fire which spread over his body while he persistently
shouted for help.
According to the governor’s aide, “vandalism of PHCN
property has become a serious issue in Benue State, in the last one year. I
have apprehended over 30 vandals, while some were prosecuted many of these
persons were set free because PHCH has no legal team to ensure the prosecution
of these suspects”, he said.
He explained that the residents had wanted to lynch the
vandal but for his quick intervention and assistance by men of the fire
service, the police and officers and men of the civil defence corps who were on
hand to assist recover the vandal.
The Special Assitant further disclosed that the suspect was
receiving medical attention at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi where he
lied critically ill with no one coming to identify him.
Source: Vanguard
why rescue him. They would ve allowed him to die there
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