Family of 3 dies in their new house

Minna — Their joy knew no bounds when they
parked to their new house last Saturday.
It was a day they had looked forward to and they took the final decision to move into the new
apartment in Gbeganu area in Minna, Niger State last Saturday.
Though not completed, the house was, however,
habitable as the plan was to gradually complete
the house as they moved in.
However, instead of relatives and well wishers
trooping to the new house to congratulate them
and "wash" it, it was the burial ceremony of the
family of three that relatives and other well
wishers went for.
The middle aged man, Seyi Adewale, a generator
repairer, his wife, Felicia, aged 23 and their three-month-old daughter, Deborah, were, Tuesday,found dead in their room with the corpses already decomposing.
It was gathered that they died on Saturday night,the day they moved into the new house.
Vanguard gathered that the trio, who retired to
one of their rooms late in the night to enjoy their
first night in the house switched on their
generating set close to the room while the fume
emitting from the set consumed them overnight.
They never woke up to see the next day.
Unknown to other neighbours that the trio had
parked in, the corpses of the three-member
family remained in the room unattended to and
were gradually decomposing.
However, the junior sister of the deceased
husband, Deborah, who had been making frantic
effort to locate her brother got more worried,
Tuesday, four days after they had moved into the new house.
It was a shocker to her after forcing the door of
the house open to meet them dead after being
killed by fume from the generator.
She immediately raised alarm which attracted
other neighbours to the scene.
She said: "We last spoke on phone on Saturday
night, when he was moving his property and
family to the new house.
"On Sunday, which was the second day, I also
called but nobody picked. I still tried on Monday
thinking it was due to the poor network service
or run-down battery and yet no response and
that was why I decided to come down to the
house only to meet my brother and family dead
and decomposing.
"It is very unfortunate for this to have happened
to my brother, especially at a time when we are
supposed to be rejoicing with them on their new
house."
Land in contention
Vanguard gathered that the land on which the
deceased erected his house had been in dispute
with another contender, which was, however,
"settled" by the community head of the area.
Contacted, the state police command through its
spokesman, Mr Richard Oguche, who confirmed
the deaths, said they must have died as a result of inhaling the carbon monoxide from the
generating set, which was turned on overnight
and left close to their room.
The corpses have been buried in Minna, the
Niger State capital.
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