Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that a couple, their two children and others died from suspected generator fumes in their residence at Nkwele Ezunaka, near Onitsha.
The Onitsha-based trader, his wife, two children, mother in-law and newly arrived apprentice on Wednesday reportedly died after inhaling poisonous fumes from the generator.
It was gathered that the man’s wife had just been delivered of a baby, and to give the wife a surprise gift, the man quickly arranged for the family to move to their new house.
Sources in the area said it was the family’s first night in their new residence, adding that only the four-day-old baby survived.
The source said the incident was made known when a friend who was supposed to join them in the celebration that night, but couldn’t meet up, went to the deceased’s house only to discover that the doors were locked with the generator still on.
However, the manager of St. Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha, where the victims were rushed to, Rev. Fr. Izunna Okonkwo, also confirmed that only the newborn baby was in a stable condition when they arrived at the hospital for medical care.
The sources said the middle-aged man, identified as Ifeanyi, hailed from Enugu State, and was a trader at the Onitsha Bridge Head Market
