Man electrocuted while cutting firewood in Jigawa
A 40-year-old man, Sale Mamman, electrocuted,
while cutting firewood from a fallen tree branch on an electric high tension
wire.
The Spokesman of the Jigawa Police Command, SP
Abdu Jinjiri,told NAN that Mamman, is a resident of Duhuwa village in Kiyawa
local government area.
“On Friday at about 11 a.m., we received a report
by the police in Shuwarin outpost that one, Sale Mamman, aged 40 of Duhuwa
village in Kiyawa LGA was electrocuted while trying to cut a tree branch which
fell on an electric high tension wire.
“The officials of PHCN were informed and a team of
police patrol team moved to the scene and detached the victim from the cable.
“The corpse was conveyed to Kiyawa Primary
Healthcare Centre for Doctor’s examination,” Jinjiri said.
According to him after he was confirmed dead the
remains of the deceased were released to his relatives for burial according to
Islamic rites.
The Nation
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