Sorrow enveloped Boji Boji Owa community
in Ika South LGA of Delta State on Friday
night when generator fume killed six family
members of a businessman in the area.
Reports say the victims died in their sleep
after retiring to bed, leaving the cheap
generating set popularly called “I pass my
neighbour” working inside their room.
According to the businessman and the father
of the victims who did not want his name in
print, “I lost a son of 14 years old and five
others to the generator fume. Before now, the
little boy and his
elder brothers slept together but while we
bought fuel to watch the football match, we
forgot to put off the generating set, and I and
the mother retired to bed. The next morning,
my daughter who is the younger sister of the
victims knocked on the door without anybody
opening it. The door was later forced opened
where the six family members were found
dead.”
Resident of the small town who spoke to
LEADERSHIP Sunday described the incident
as unfortunate and regrettable.
It was reliably gathered that the fume
suffocated the victims because their room
windows were locked inside, preventing the
smoke of the generator from leaving the
room.
A nurse in the vicinity who did not want her
name mentioned told our correspondent that
she attempted to administer treatment to the
victims but later discovered that they were
completely dead. Generator fume, she said,
had wreaked havoc to several unsuspecting
users, especially those leaving it to run all
through the night in the house.
While the police authorities in the area said
the deceased had been taken to the hospital
mortuary for proper investigation, the father
of the victim added that “it was later
discovered that my children did not only use
it to watch football but to watch Nigerian
movie after the football match”.
He said out of eight children that his wife
bore for him, he is now left with only two.
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
