Generator Fumes Kill Man In New Apartment

Tragedy struck in the Akaba community in Yenagoa when a middle-aged man inhaled power generator fumes barely three days of moving into his new apartment.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the man, whose name was given as Funkebi Moses, was a native of Angalabiri community in the Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.

A witness told NAN that Moses was choked to death after he had inhaled carbon monoxide from the generator he had put on the previous night in his kitchen.

The witness said the body was discovered after a neighbour had gone to the house of Moses to collect a hammer he had borrowed from him.

On getting to the house, it was learnt that after several knocks on the door there was no response, while the generator was on, a situation which prompted neighbours to peep through the window only to see Moses’ lifeless body lying on the bed.

When the door was forced open, the generator was still running in the kitchen, while all the windows and door were locked.

Moses’ landlord, Mr. Nelson Yongoi, confirmed the incident, while the remains have been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre mortuary in Yenagoa.

When contacted, the Bayelsa Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Eguaveon Emokpai, told NAN that he had not received any formal report of the incident.

The death of Moses brings to three the number of persons who have been killed by generator fumes in Yenagoa this year.