A family of four in the Dinyavo area of Jalingo, Taraba state capital, got shocked by electricity.
The event, said to have occurred around 11 a.m. on Monday, has plunged the area’s residents into grief.
The state Police Command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Abdullahi Usman, verified the incident, explaining that the fatalities resulted from a power surge.
According to him, “At about 11a.m., (today), information received from reliable sources revealed that a house located at Dinyavoh area of Jalingo was on fire.”
“Detectives from GRA division Taraba Command were deployed to the scene. On arrival, it was discovered that a family of four were found lying with burns all over their body suspected to be from electrocution.”
“The victims are Mr. Remond Ofonbuk, 44; Mrs Mfonbong Remond; Heven Remond, male, 15, and First Remond, female, aged 13 years.
“Information has it that as power was restored, the transformer serving the area blew up and many houses within the neighbourhood experienced high electric voltage, which led to the fire outbreak that inflicted burns on the victims.”
“However, detectives evacuated the victims to FMC Jalingo for treatment, but they were confirmed dead by a medical doctor.”
He also mentioned that the bodies had been placed in the hospital’s mortuary for autopsy, and an investigation has been initiated to determine the exact cause of the incident.