Residents of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have been thrown into pandemonium following the death of five persons as a result of generator fumes.
DAILY POST gathered on Thursday that a family of three, involving a husband, his wife and his child died in Emeyal community in Ogbia after inhaling fumes from a generator.
The corpses of the deceased were said to have been discovered three days after their deaths following an offensive odour coming from their bodies in the area.
A resident of the area while reacting to the incident said, “The entire family slept on Sunday. There was no sign of them till Wednesday afternoon when we started perceiving foul odour from their house.
“The odour was saturating the entire neighborhood and it got so curious.
“The family always kept to themselves and that was why nobody discovered their condition on time. Toxic gas from a generator killed them. They must have inhaled it over night. We called the police.”
The police in the area identified the family’s name as Ibieneye Tubotamuno.
Confirming the incident, the State Police spokesperson, Mr. Asinim Butswat, disclosed that the corpses of the deceased were discovered at about 3:50pm on Wednesday after residents alerted the police.
“On July 29, 2015 at about 1550hrs, policemen responded to a distress call, that a foul smell was oozing out of the house of one Ibieneye Tubotamuno, at Emeyal Community, in Ogbia LGA.
“The policemen forced the house open and discovered the dead bodies of Ibieneye Tubotamuno, male, 34; Jennifer Asiagbuladia, female, 30 and Goodluck Tubotamuno, boy, eight years.
“Preliminary investigation revealed, that the deceased must have died about three days back, when they were last seen, as a result of inhaled fumes from a generator exhaust, which was kept inside their living room.
“Corpses have been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Mortuary, Yenagoa, for autopsy. Investigation is ongoing,” Butswat said
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