A man identified as Nwachukwu Ikechukwu has been confirmed dead, and his wife, Oyin Falodun, is hospitalized.
This happened after they both inhale fumes from their generating set at their residence in Shogoye community in the Owode Egba area of Ogun State.
The deceased was found lifeless on the floor, while his wife was unconscious, by a community resident identified as Oladayo Olasubomi, who had come to pay the daily contribution of N1,000 to his wife.
Upon seeing them, Olasubomi raised an alarm and alerted other community members, who rushed to the apartment.
Confirming the incident to Daily Post on Saturday, Police Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola said the chairman of the community, Showunmi Sunday, reported the incident at about 11:00 a.m. on Friday.
She stated that upon receiving the information, officers were dispatched to the scene, where the deceased was found lifeless on the floor and his wife unconscious. They were taken to Ore Ofe Hospital, Owode Egba.
Odutola said, “One Showunmi Sunday, a male resident of Shogoye community, who doubles as the chairman of the same community, came to our station and reported that a couple residing in the Shogoye area near Owode Egba had issues in their residence.
“Oyin Falodun, a female, and Nwachukwu Ikechukwu, a male, both living in their personal residence, were visited by Oladayo Olasubomi, a female from the same community, who came to give Oyin her daily contribution of N1,000. Upon arriving at the couple’s residence, she found the lifeless body of Nwachukwu Ikechukwu on the floor in their room, and his wife, Oyin Falodun, was also found lying beside him, unconscious, with no marks of violence on either of them.
“Oladayo, who discovered the situation, then raised an alarm and alerted other community members, who rushed to the victims’ residence to rescue them.”
Odutola noted that the wife, upon regaining consciousness, said they had fallen asleep after turning on their generator in the sitting room to power the fan in their bedroom.
She explained that Oyin noticed her husband struggling out of bed and then falling to the ground, lifeless, after the generator had gone off due to fuel exhaustion.
“She regained consciousness and said that at around 10:00 p.m. on Friday, she asked her husband whether she should turn off the generator they were using to enjoy their fans in the bedroom, but he told her not to do so.
“The two of them fell asleep, and the generator must have caused the harm that befell them when it automatically turned off due to fuel exhaustion. She later discovered that her husband had struggled out of their matrimonial bed and fallen to the floor, face down, and dead.”
Odutola noted that further investigations are ongoing, and the corpse of the deceased has been deposited at the General Hospital, Owode Egba, for an autopsy.
