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A family of four has been electrocuted in Jalingo, Taraba State capital.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The Taraba State Police Command confirmed the development on Tuesday in a press statement.
The incident, which occurred on Tuesday at about 11.00 hours in the Di-nyavoh area of Jalingo metropolis, led to the death of a husband, his wife and two children.
Police spokesperson, Abdullahi Usman, said at about 1100 hours information received from reliable source revealed that a house at Di-nyavoh area of Jalingo is on fire.
He added that “detectives from the GRA Division Taraba Command were deployed to the scene, but on arrival, a family of four was found lying on the floor with burns all over their bodies”.
The Command, which suggested that the victims were electrocuted, gave the victims names as Raymond Ofonbuk , Mrs. Mfonobong Raymond, Heaven Raymond and First Raymond.
According to the Police, “Information has it that when power was restored, the transformer of the area blew and many houses within the neighborhood experienced high voltage”, which, according to him, “led to fire outbreak, inflicting burns on the victims”.
At the time of filing this report, the Police have evacuated the corpses to the Federal Medical Centre Mortuary for autopsy.
The police spokesperson added that “investigation has commenced to ascertain the real cause of the incident “.
