BREAKING: 8 electrocuted in Makurdi
About Eight people have been electrocuted in Rice mill area of Wadata in Makurdi, the Benue state capital.
It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Thursday (February 24, 2022).
According to an eyewitness, the transformer supplying light to the community sparked on Thursday morning which led to the electrocution.
This comes barely a week after the transformer killed one person in the community.
A resident of the community who spoke on anonymous condition, blamed negligence by Jos Electrical Distribution Company (JEDC), Benue distribution center for the sad incident.
“Recall that last week Monday being 14th February 2022, the transformer killed one and only surviving son of a certain parent in the community. Despite the incident, JEDC failed to addre...