A four-year-old boy, Arafat Jibrin, was Thursday night electrocuted in Niger state when he strayed into an electric transformer house.
The incident occurred at the Senior Quarters of the Federal Low Cost Housing Estate in Maikunkele, a suburb of Minna.
The deceased was said to have been in a search of his sister who had gone to fetch water for the house when he strayed into the transformer house where he was electrocuted.
An eyewitness said it was a passer-by who raised the alarm when he noticed unusual activity in the transformer house, but before the victim could be rescued, he had been burnt beyond recognition.
The remains of the boy were taken from the transformer house and buried according to Islamic rites Thursday night.
The Public Relations Officer, of the Abuja Electricity Development Company (AEDC), Adamu Muhammad, who confirmed the incident, said the managing director of AEDC had dispatched a high powered delegation to pay a condolence visit to the family of the deceased.
“We were in the residence of the family Friday morning to condole with them and pray for the repose of the soul of the departed,” he said.
