Seven Killed By Generator Fumes In Bayelsa Music Studio

Seven people were found dead inside a music studio on Tuesday morning after inhaling what is suspected to be generator fumes.

Sources said some of the victims were students of the Niger Delta University, Yenagoa.

One of the deceased identified as Akpos Barakubo, according to sources was operating the music studio along Transformer Road in the Amarata area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

The deceased were said to be working in the studio on Monday night but fell asleep due to exhaustion without putting off the generator resulting in the sad incident.

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The sources noted that six corpses were discovered in the morning and a seventh one who was unconscious was rushed to the hospital but later gave up the ghost.

The corpses have been evacuated to the mortuary, while the Security operatives have cordoned off the area.

A resident of the area, Damion Asamonye, blamed the federal and state governments as well as the Port Harcourt Power Electricity Distribution Company for their death saying if there was adequate power supply, there would not have been any need for the generator.

Asamonye lamented the situation in Bayelsa State where the electricity distribution company would only bring power when they wanted to collect bills and take it away shortly after customers had paid their bills.

He said, “Both the federal and state governments have failed us. If there was a public power supply, maybe these people wouldn’t have lost their lives in this circumstance.

“Seven able-bodied young men just died like that because of the failure of government. The most annoying thing is that tomorrow, the PHED officials will come with a ladder to disconnect the light that they are not supplying. How can people be spending their money on fuelling generators despite the current hardship in Nigeria even after paying bills?”

Another resident who identified herself as Joy Reuben, said the neighbourhood woke up on Tuesday morning to witness the tragic incident and called on the state government to ensure that there was adequate power supply in the state so that the citizens would not be allowed to die in such circumstances again.