A 24-years-old student of the Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State, Khalid Kabir Argungu, has been electrocuted while preparing a meal in his hostel room.

 Confirming the incident to journalists, the Rector of the polytechnic, Muhammad Sani Aliyu, explained that doctors and nurses at the institution’s clinic rushed the deceased to Sir Yahyah Memorial Hospital in Birnin Kebbi when they realised his condition was critical, but he was later confirmed dead.

The rector, in a sober mood, noted that the school authorities have informed the parents of the victim, and that they have requested that his corpse to be conveyed to Argungu, his home town, where he would be buried in accordance with Islamic rite.