Tears flow as electrocution kill four family members in Taraba
On Monday, the Taraba police command verified the electrocution of a family of four in the Dinyavo neighborhood of Jalingo, the state capital.
In a statement issued in Jalingo, the command’s public relations officer, Abdullahi Usman, acknowledged the occurrence.
He stated that about 11:00 a.m., the command was told that the house was on fire, which was assumed to be caused by 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.
“The victims are Remond Ofonbuk, 44, his wife, Mfonbong Remond, Hevean Remond, 15, and First Remond, 13 years old,” he said.
M Usman said the command received information that the transformer serving the area blew up when power was restored.
“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.
“Our detectives quickly evacuated the victims to Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, for treatment, but they were confirmed dead on arrival,” he said.
Mr Usman 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.
(NAN)