25 YEAR OLD MAN ELECTROCUTED WHILE HOISTING PRESIDENT BUHARI’S BANNER

The Jigawa State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Audu Jingiri, confirmed the incident, stating that the deceased was identified as 25-year-old party member and  survived by parents.

“The victim was rushed to Rashid Shekoni Specialist Hospital Dutse but died immediately on arrival at the hospital. No foul play suspected, case under investigation,” the police spokesman said.

Penpushing further reports that, father of  the deceased, while lamenting over the loss, however, said, he  regarded the death as destiny,adding, “no one can change what Almighty God has destined to happen, the late Jamilu is a good Samaritan loved by all’.

“The number of people that registered their condolence in my house is a justification that my late son has a good rapport with people. My thanks goes specifically to Governor Mohammad Badaru for sending me N100.000 and Dutse council Chairman for the gift of N15.000 and two bags of rice, one carton of Spaghetti, and a gallon of cooking oil,” the bereaved father said.

Penpushing also gathered that, a younger brother of the late Jamilu Tukur said the incident happened on Saturday night, lamenting that,”the news really shocked my ‘sensitivity’. The late Jamilu has a friendly relationship with everyone including us his juniors ones, we really loved him,”

Similarly, leader of a community-based organisation, ‘Jigawa Ina Mafita’ in Dutse, Yusif Mohammad,  while reacting pointed out that, the deceased was a die-hard member of  All Progressives Congress(APC) in the community.

”He has contributed a lot towards the development of the party, he was not among the people that were selected to paste the banners, he suddenly appeared and agreed to climb and hoist the banner,” he said.

Penpushing also reports that, Abdulwahab Nasiru, who was an eyewitness, confirmed that the banners contained the pictures of President Muhammed Buhari and Governor Mohammed Badaru.

Hear him, “the banner carried the pictures of the President and Governor Badaru, as you can see every corner in this community is decorated with APC banners and posters. We have a long history supporting the APC’.

‘When the party was formed, we made history when we elected the only councilor under APC in Jigawa, we defied the then PDP administration in the state. Unfortunately, despite our support, we didn’t have a single person representing us in the APC administration in the State,” he said.