A family of four, father, mother, and their two children, were on Monday, electrocuted during a power surge in the Dinyavoh area of Jalingo, Taraba State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Usman Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident, however, said the last child of the family survived the incident.gathered that the incident occurred as a result of a power surge that happened in the morning following an explosion from the transformer in the area.
The police spokesperson, in the statement, said the incident happened around 11am on Monday and that the command suspected a power surge. “Detectives from GRA Police Division were quickly deployed to the scene and, on arrival, found the four victims with burns suspected to be from electrocution.“We learnt that many houses within the neighbourhood experienced high electric voltage which might have led to the fire outbreak that inflicted burns on the victims.
The PPRO said the corpses had been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary for autopsy while an investigation had commenced to ascertain the real cause of the incident.
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