AGNES NWORIE – ABAKALIKI
The Police in Ebonyi State have confirmed a yet-to-be-identified man dead as a result of the smoke from a power generating set in his residence.
The man, who was said to be in his late 40s, was reported to have been choked by excessive fumes from the generator in his apartment at the Amazing Grace Lodge, in Ndufu-Alike community in the Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Monday.
The Point learnt that the Police met his supposed girlfriend in an unconscious state at the time of their visit.
The Ebonyi State Police Command confirmed that the man died from the fumes of the power generating set in his apartment.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the Command, DSP Loveth Odah, in Abakaliki, on Wednesday said there was power outage at the time of the incidence.
“It was reported at the Ikwo Divisional Headquarters that two persons (a man and a lady), the lady being a victim of the recent Izzi/Ikwo crisis, who had machete cuts on her body and was undergoing treatment.
“Her family members didn’t allow her to remain in the hospital while receiving treatment because of lack of money to pay her medical bills. She went to quarry site where she worked as a labourer to make ends meet and met a man who was picking stones for sale at the quarry site.
“According to an informant, it was late and they (the lady and the man) went home together. The man decided to accommodate the lady that night. It was when they slept off that fumes from the generator got into the apartment and affected them. The DPO went to the place and when they opened the door it was discovered that the man had died and the woman was lying unconscious.
“The DPO immediately took the lady to a nearby hospital for treatment. I can tell you that she is stable now. Medically, it had been proven that it was fumes from the generator that killed the man. It was about to kill the lady too.”
