Generator Fumes Killed A Whole family In Bayelsa

When will people pay attention to the fact that fumes from generators can kill? Some generators even have signs of 'keep in an open space'. Yet, people still keep generators inside or close to their windows while working. Some do this to prevent theft. Well, the report below was found on Punch. A family of three was wiped out in Bayelsa. Read.......

It was learnt on Thursday that a family of three, comprising a man, his wife and child, died in Emeyal community in Ogbia after inhaling fumes from a generator.Their corpses were reportedly discovered three days after their deaths following offensive odour that emanated from their decomposing bodies.

A dweller in the community, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “The entire family slept on Sunday. There was no sign of them till Wednesday afternoon when we started smelling foul odour from their house.

“The odour was saturating the entire neighbourhood and it got us curious. The family always kept to themselves and that was why nobody discovered them on time. Toxic gas from a generator killed them. They must have inhaled it while sleeping. We called the police.”

Confirming the incident, the police identified the deceased family’s name as Ibieneye Tubotamuno.

Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, said bodies of the victims were discovered at about 3.50pm on Wednesday following distress calls to the police by people of the area.

Butswat said, “On July 29, 2015 at about 1550 hours, policemen responded to a distress call, that a foul smell was oozing out of the house of one Ibieneye Tubotamuno, at Emeyal Community, in the Ogbia Local Government Area.

“The policemen forced the door 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”.

The police spokesman also confirmed that fire outbreak killed two children at Otuoke, the community of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Ogbia.

He said the victims were two females, identified as Favour Agamawa, seven, and Juliet Agamawa, six.

Asinim said the incident was reported to the police on Thursday at about 11am by one Ase Agamawa, who was said to be the father of the deceased.

He said, “At about 11am, one Ase Agamawa, of Otuoke in Ogbia LGA, reported that there was a fire outbreak in his house at Otuoke,which resulted in the death of his two children namely: Favour Agamawa and Juliet Agamawa.”

The police spokesman said preliminary investigation revealed that the fire was caused by a lit mosquito coil in the house.

He stated that the corpses of the two children had been deposited at the morgue of the FMC, Yenagoa, for autopsy.   He said Investigation into the incident was ongoing.