Two persons suspected to be thieves have been electrocuted while they were allegedly trying to steal solar streetlights at Ogobiri community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The bodies of the pair were discovered on Saturday morning, Dec. 28, around the New Site of the state-owned Niger Delta University and Ogobiri roundabout.

The thieves had already loosed four streetlight poles on the ground and were loosening the fifth one when the pole fell on the nearby high-tension wires and they were electrocuted.

The theft of streetlights is said to be common in the area.