A resident of the Shogoye area of Owode-Egba in Ogun State, Nwachuku Ikechukwu, has lost his life after inhaling toxic fumes from a generator used indoors.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that the couple had turned on the generator in their living room, which left the man dead, and his wife, Oyin Falodun hospitalized.
Narrating the ordeal, a concerned neighbor, Oladayo Olasubomi disclosed that he had the house of the couple to deliver a daily contribution of N1000 to Falodun and found them unconscious.
Olasubomi immediately raised the alarm, which prompted residents, including community Chairman Showunmi Sunday, to alert the Owode-Egba division of the state police command.
However, upon arrival, police operatives confirmed there were no signs of foul play.
Confirming the incident to journalists on Saturday, the spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, said that Ikechukwu died while his wife, who was rushed to the hospital, later regained consciousness and explained what happened.
The wife said, “That when it was 2200hrs of 19/09/2024 she asked her husband whether she could put off the generating engine they were using to power their fans in their bedroom but her husband told her not to do so until when the two of them slept off.
“That the generator must have wreaked the havoc that befell them before it put itself off when the fuel inside it finished.”
She added that she later discovered both of them had fallen out of bed, and that her late husband had struggled to get up before he fell.
“While Falodun is recuperating at Ore Ofe Hospital, Owode-Egba, the corpse of Ikechukwu has been deposited at the General Hospital, Owode-Egba for autopsy,” Odutola added.
