A woman and her four children have died
from generator fumes at home in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, reports say. Chinyere Celestine and her
children who lived off Goodnews Street, Azikoro are believed to have died in
their sleep on Tuesday night while the generator was working. The bodies were discovered
after Celestine’s husband away on a trip tried to call home but when no one
picked, he called his neighbour to check them out.
According to reports, after
several attempts to wake the victims from sleep, the neighbour was said to have
raised the alarm that compelled other neighbours to force the door open and
discover the victim’s lifeless bodies. A source speaking to the Punch
said, “Chinyere and the four children were confirmed dead at the hospital but
two of the children were resuscitated by medical personnel. The bodies of the
dead victims had been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.”
The Punch reports:
Our correspondent
observed that many residents of the state had been relying solely on generators
after the state was thrown into darkness three weeks ago following damaged
transmission lines of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria.
The transmission lines
at Obunagha, Yenagoa, that supply electricity to the state were said to have
been destroyed by a storm.
Police Public
Relations Officer, Bayelsa Police Command, Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the death of
Chinyere and the four children.
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