Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills Family Of 3 In Minna, Niger State On The Day The Move Into New Home
Their joy knew no bounds when they moved to their new home last Saturday. It was a day they had looked forward to as they moved into their new apartment in Gbeganu area in Minna, Niger State.
Though not completed, the house was, however, habitable as the plan was to gradually complete the house as time went on.
However, instead of relatives and well wishers trooping to the new house to congratulate them, it was instead a burial ceremony for the family of three.
The middle aged man, Seyi Adewale, a generator repairer, his wife, Felicia, aged 23 and their three-month-old daughter, Deborah, were, Tuesday, found dead in their room with their corpses already decomposing.
It was gathered that they died on Saturday night, the day they moved into the new house.
Vanguard gathered that the trio, who retired to one of their rooms late in the night to enjoy their first night in the house switched on their generating set close to the room while the fume emitting from it consumed them overnight. They never woke up to see the next day.
Unbeknownst to their neighbours, the bodies of the three-member family remained in the room unattended to and were gradually decomposing.
However, the younger sister of the deceased husband, Deborah, who had been making frantic efforts to reach her brother was getting worried.
It was a complete shock to find their bodies after forced entry into their apartment.
She immediately raised an alarm which attracted other neighbours to the scene.
She said: “We last spoke on phone on Saturday night, when he was moving his property and family to the new house”.
“On Sunday, which was the second day, I also called but nobody picked. I still tried on Monday thinking it was due to the poor network service or run-down battery and yet no response and that was why I decided to come down to the house only to meet my brother and family dead and decomposing”.
“It is very unfortunate for this to have happened to my brother, especially at a time when we are supposed to be rejoicing with them on their new house.”
It was gathered that the land on which the deceased erected his house had been in dispute with another contender, which was, however, “settled” by the community head of the area.
The state police command through its spokesman, Mr Richard Oguche, confirmed the deaths, saying they died from inhaling the carbon monoxide from the generating set, which was turned on overnight and left close to their room.
Source: Vanguard Nigeria