A 48-year-old singer and chorister of the Prince of Peace Pentecostal Ministry at Pig Farm in Accra died in church last Sunday when she was electrocuted by the microphone she was using. Janet Adu-Sarpong, a mother of three, was rehearsing with the microphone moments before service began on the first Sunday of the year when the tragedy occurred, ending her 30 years of songs ministration in the service of God. An eyewitness and a friend of the deceased, Miss Vida Odoom, said Janet was in the auditorium at the Racheal Preparatory School branch of the church and was rehearsing some of the songs she intended singing during the church service with another member of the choir. “All of a sudden, I saw her trembling with the microphone in her hand, I suspected it was an electrical shock, so I screamed at her to throw the microphone away but she could not,” the witness explained. According to her, some few seconds later, the deceased fell on the ground with the microphone still in her grips. Miss Odoom said she sent a little boy in the church to bring a taxi while shouting for help and with the assistance of some neighbours who got attracted to the scene, she rushed the victim to the 37 Military Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Vida said members of the church were shocked at the unpleasant incident because earlier the church’s sound engineer had tested all the microphones without any problem whatsoever. The husband of the deceased, Mr Samuel Sasu Bempong, also told the Daily Graphic that his wife was well and hearty and prepared breakfast for the children before leaving for church that morning. Mr Bempong said he also left for his church that morning, as the two of them did not attend the same church. He said some few minutes into the service at his church, he received a call from one of his children wailing uncontrollably that their mother was dead. A tearful Mr Bempong said he immediately rushed to the 37 Military Hospital where he was told the deceased had been sent to the Police Hospital because the morgue at the 37 Military Hospital was full. He said at the morgue, he saw the palm the deceased used in holding the microphone and her chest severely burnt and swollen. He expressed shock at the incident, saying, “I cannot comprehend it; I still do not believe my wife is dead.” When contacted on the matter, the Crime Officer of the Kotobabi Police Station, ASP John Coffie, confirmed the report and said no foul play had been suspected but was quick to add that the post-mortem would determine the next course of action. Source: Daily Graphic/Ghana