At least two people have lost their lives, and many houses have been damaged by fire as a result of high-voltage electricity supply in the Karatudu community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The victims, including a 69-year-old man identified as Johnson Atteh and a 16-year-old boy, Joshua Olatunde, were electrocuted in their homes while trying to switch off a refrigerator and plug in a mobile phone.
Residents of the community said the fire, which resulted from the power surge, was linked to a fault in the distribution line of the Kaduna Electric feeder that affected the transformer supplying electricity to Karatudu.
Management of Kaduna Electric, dismissed the allegation, stating that the incident was caused by lightning, with the company’s Head of Corporate Communication, Abdullazeez Abdullahi, stating that only houses with defective earthing were affected.
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