Yesterday at Gwallameji area of Bauchi State, a 25-year-old student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Michael Loya was electrocuted.
It was gathered that the student was electrocuted while trying to spread wet clothes on a naked wire in his compound at Gentle Villa, Gwallameji.
But Police Public Relation Officer of Bauchi State command, DSP Haruna
Mohammed, who confirmed the incident, said Loya was electrocuted while
trying to reconnect electricity illegally in his compound.
He said the Police patrol team attached to Yelwa Division visited the scene
and rushed the victim to Federal Polytechnic Medical Centre, Bauchi, for
treatment but was certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor.
He stated further that preliminary inquiry revealed that the victim might
have been electrocuted while trying to reconnect electricity illegally to his
compound.
According to Mohammed, the corpse has been deposited at ATBU Teaching
Hospital, mortuary for post-mortem examination.
Source:Vanguard
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