A report by Daily Post have identified a husband and wife Ikechukwu Nwachukwu and Oyin Falodun suffered casualty due to generator fumes. Ikechukwu is said to be dead while Falodun was unconscious and was rushed to nearby hospital. The incident happened that both husband and wife inhale the generator fumes at their residence, Shogoye community in the Owode Egba area of Ogun State while they were asleep.
The deceased was found lifeless on the floor, while his wife was unconscious, by a community resident identified as Oladayo Olasubomi, who had come to pay the daily contribution of N1,000 to his wife.
At the residence of the deacesed Olasubomi alarmed and alerted other members of the community who rushed to the residence of ikechukwu and falodun for quick assistance.
Police Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola said the chairman of the community, Showunmi Sunday, reported the incident at about 11:00 a.m. on Friday.
She stated that upon receiving the information, officers were dispatched to the scene, where the deceased was found lifeless on the floor and his wife unconscious. They were taken to Ore Ofe Hospital, Owode Egba.
Odutola said, “One Showunmi Sunday, a male resident of Shogoye community, who doubles as the chairman of the same community, came to our station and reported that a couple residing in the Shogoye area near Owode Egba had issues in their residence.
“Oyin Falodun, a female, and Nwachukwu Ikechukwu, a male, both living in their personal residence, were visited by Oladayo Olasubomi, a female from the same community, who came to give Oyin her daily contribution of N1,000. Upon arriving at the couple’s residence, she found the lifeless body of Nwachukwu Ikechukwu on the floor in their room, and his wife, Oyin Falodun, was also found lying beside him, unconscious, with no marks of violence on either of them.
“Oladayo, who discovered the situation, then raised an alarm and alerted other community members, who rushed to the victims’ residence to rescue them.”
Odutola noted that further investigations are ongoing, and the corpse of the deceased has been deposited at the General Hospital, Owode Egba, for an autopsy and confirmed that the wife, after resusitation, said they had fallen asleep after turning on their generator in the sitting room to power the fan in their bedroom. I noticed my husband struggling out of bed and then falling to the ground, lifeless, after the generator had gone off due to fuel exhaustion.
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