An unidentified man in his late thirties was spotted
at Powerline Street, Calvary Bus Stop in Egbe-Idimu Local Council
Development Area climbing a high-tension tower.
According to Punch, the man wandered around the
vicinity in the early hours of the day before stopping at the foot of
the tower at about 2pm.
Residents and eyewitness were left in total shock
seeing that the man was climbing the electricity mast like he was on a
suicide mission.
Fortunately, as at the time the man got on the tower
there was no electricity in the wires, it would have been another day of
tragedy.
“He was not mad at all. He was coherent when he
talked except for some vague statements he made. He had a mission and it
was to kill himself for some unknown reasons.” Says Mr. Kazeem Oyebola a resident.
The incident attracted a large crowd and some of the witness had to climb the tower to see if they could get him down.
It was also gathered that it took about three hour to
get the man down the mast after the community leader contacted police
at the Idimu police station.
However, it is still unclear what could have made the
man climb a high-tension tower, witnesses said he didn’t look mentally
challenged, and he was lucky to have survived electrocution.
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