Bauchi—Power Holding Company, PHCN,
has been ordered to pay N8.4million
compensation to the family of a
deceased pregnant woman who was
electrocuted through alleged negligence
by the company.
The late Mrs Zainab Abubakar, 20, was
said to have been electrocuted by a high
tension transmission line which
reportedly dropped on her building,
causing her death and that of her
unborn baby on June 23, 2011.
Zainab’s widower, Ibrahim Abubakar
and her five-year-old daughter, Amina,
later sued the PHCN, asking for the said
N8.4 million compensation which the
company did not not defend, despite the
fact that it was reportedly properly
served with the court papers.
According to court records, the plaintiffs
called four witnesses including the
deceased’s neighbour, one Balarabe, an
Islamic scholar, Tijani Sa’id from the state
Sharia Commission, her brother Saidu
Abubakar and the husband.
In his account of the incident, the
neighbour, Balarabe, told the court that
he heard a loud scream from his
neigbourhood adding that when he ran
out, he saw the deceased’s hand glued
to a pole.
Balarabe said that he was able to switch
off electricity with the assistance of
other neighbours before they tried to
revive her but were unsuccessful.
According to Balarabe, it was at this
point that the neighbours assisted and
took her to the hospital where she was
certified dead by a medical doctor.
The late Zainab’s widower, Abubakar,
said the corpse of his late wife was
partly burnt during her electrocution,
adding that the body was later released
to him for burial according to Islamic
rites.
Abubakar further tendered pictures of
the roof of their house that was also
partly burnt as a result of the high
tension wire and the certificate of death
certified by the doctor as evidence.
He then asked for N8million
compensation for his wife and another
N0. 4 million for the unborn baby,
bringing the total to N8.4 million.
In his judgement yesterday, the
presiding jugde, Justic Hamidu Kunaza
said ‘’the act of the defendant in a high
tension electric transmission line across
the house resided by the plaintiff, which
led to the death of the wife and her
unborn child of eight months, was an act
of negligence.
‘’The defendant is here by ordered to pay
to the plaintiff the sum of N8 million for
the death of the Plaintiff’s wife and the
baby”.
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has been ordered to pay N8.4million
compensation to the family of a
deceased pregnant woman who was
electrocuted through alleged negligence
by the company.
The late Mrs Zainab Abubakar, 20, was
said to have been electrocuted by a high
tension transmission line which
reportedly dropped on her building,
causing her death and that of her
unborn baby on June 23, 2011.
Zainab’s widower, Ibrahim Abubakar
and her five-year-old daughter, Amina,
later sued the PHCN, asking for the said
N8.4 million compensation which the
company did not not defend, despite the
fact that it was reportedly properly
served with the court papers.
According to court records, the plaintiffs
called four witnesses including the
deceased’s neighbour, one Balarabe, an
Islamic scholar, Tijani Sa’id from the state
Sharia Commission, her brother Saidu
Abubakar and the husband.
In his account of the incident, the
neighbour, Balarabe, told the court that
he heard a loud scream from his
neigbourhood adding that when he ran
out, he saw the deceased’s hand glued
to a pole.
Balarabe said that he was able to switch
off electricity with the assistance of
other neighbours before they tried to
revive her but were unsuccessful.
According to Balarabe, it was at this
point that the neighbours assisted and
took her to the hospital where she was
certified dead by a medical doctor.
The late Zainab’s widower, Abubakar,
said the corpse of his late wife was
partly burnt during her electrocution,
adding that the body was later released
to him for burial according to Islamic
rites.
Abubakar further tendered pictures of
the roof of their house that was also
partly burnt as a result of the high
tension wire and the certificate of death
certified by the doctor as evidence.
He then asked for N8million
compensation for his wife and another
N0. 4 million for the unborn baby,
bringing the total to N8.4 million.
In his judgement yesterday, the
presiding jugde, Justic Hamidu Kunaza
said ‘’the act of the defendant in a high
tension electric transmission line across
the house resided by the plaintiff, which
led to the death of the wife and her
unborn child of eight months, was an act
of negligence.
‘’The defendant is here by ordered to pay
to the plaintiff the sum of N8 million for
the death of the Plaintiff’s wife and the
baby”.
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