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Man Dies, Wife Hospitalized After Inhaling Generator Fumes In Ogun
She later discovered both of them had fallen out of bed, and that her late husband had struggled to get up before he fell.
Abeokuta, Ogun State- A man named Nwachuku Ikechukwu has ost his ife, while his wife, Oyin Falodun, remains hospitalized after the couple inhaled toxic fumes from a generator they had placed in their sitting room.
The incident occurred around 10 PM on Thursday, in the Shogoye area of Owode-Egba, Ogun State.
It was gathered that when the couple turned on the generator, unaware of the potential dangers.
However, a neighbour identified as Oladayo Olasubomi discovered the couple unconscious while delivering their daily contribution of N1,000.
Olasubomi quickly raised the alarm, prompting other residents, including community chairman Showunmi Sunday, to inform the Owode-Egba police division.
In a statement released 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.”