The family was killed by generator fumes
It has been reported that a five members of a family have been
found dead in Igboh Community in Etche local Government Council area of
Rivers state.
According to PM News, neighbours said they died of suffocation from the fumes they inhaled from their generating set.
Eyewitnesses told our PM News that they kept their generating set in their bathroom on Monday night until dawn.
Concerned neighbours who did not see them wake up early Tuesday
morning were curious and after several calls on them and no response
from the apartment, they forced the entrance door open, only to find
them dead.
Their lifeless bodies were later deposited in a morgue at Umuebulu
in Etche amidst wailing by friends and neighbours to the deceased family
members.
The Paramount ruler of Igboh, Eze Samuel Amaechi confirmed the
incident, describing it as sad and a tragedy to the Kingdom of Igboh.
He said the kingdom has started the sensitization of members of his
kingdom on the dangers of locking up a generating sets in enclosures
where people live.
“Yesterday, I was informed that a family of five died after
inhaling carbon monoxide from their generating set. This is not the
first time it has happened. Prior to this time we have warned residents
to always keep their generating sets far away from the house if they are
going to bed because generator fumes are dangerous to the human body,” he said
The Rivers State Police Command is yet to react to the tragedy.