Suspected vandal electrocuted while tampering with power facility in Rivers

Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Plc, PHED, has confirmed the decease of a suspected vandal who was electrocuted portion allegedly attempting to interfere with energy infrastructure successful Oginigba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The incident, which reportedly occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, April 24, 2026, progressive a young antheral identified arsenic Khalifa.

According to the company, helium was trying to region a constituent from a high-tension installation erstwhile the concern turned fatal.

Providing details, PHED’s Head of Corporate Communications, Olubukola Ilevbare, explained that the fishy had tampered with a portion of the installation earlier powerfulness was restored, starring to his decease astatine the scene.

“The vandal who was reportedly successful his precocious twenties was said to person died on-the-spot aft disconnecting a cookware insulator from a High-Tension pole,” the connection said.

PHED stressed that acts of vandalism proceed to airs superior risks, not lone to those progressive but besides to customers who beryllium connected unchangeable energy supply.

The institution warned that harm to powerfulness infrastructure often results successful wide outages and disruption of service.

“It is simply a conflict we indispensable each combat collectively due to the fact that erstwhile these installations are vandalised, invariably, the customers served go severely impacted,” Ilevbare said.

Describing the improvement arsenic unfortunate, the institution ...