The Police Command in Taraba on Monday confirmed the electrocution of a family of four in Dinyavo area of Jalingo.
SP Abdullahi Usman, the command’s Public Relations Officer made the confirmation in a statement in Jalingo.
According him, the incident which happened around 11:00 am on Monday,
was as a result of suspected power surge.
“At about 11:00 am on Monday, Oct 2, 2023, information received from reliable source, revealed that a house located at Dinyavoh area of Jalingo was on fire.
“Detectives from GRA division Taraba command were deployed to the scene, and on arrival, it was discovered that a family of four were found lying with burns all over their body suspected to be electrocution.
“The victims are Mr. Remond Ofonbuk, 44, Mrs Mfonbong Remond F’, Hevean Remond, 15 and First Remond 13 years old respectively.
“Information has it that as power was restored, the transformer of 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 Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo for treatment but they were confirmed dead by the medical doctor at the hospital,” he said.
Usman said the corpse of the victims have been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary for autopsy while investigation has commenced to ascertain the real cause of the incident.
