Scrap boy electrocuted after mistaking a live electricity wire for aluminium scrap.

An unidentified young man has met he untimely death when he mistook a live electricity cable for scrap aluminium. According to Sapele Oghenek who shared their story on their Facebook wall, they reported that the incident happened at Yoruba street in Sapele, Delta state.

The Hausa community which was know to carry out such menial jobs said that they don't know the man. Meanwhile, the police have taken the corpse to a morgue waiting for his relatives to come for identification.