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Generator Fumes Kill Man In New Apartment
Tragedy struck in the Akaba community in Yenagoa last Saturday when a middle-aged man inhaled power generator fumes barely three days of moving into his new apartment.
Our correspondent 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.
An eyewitness told newsmen 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.
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 newsmen 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.