Tragedy struck in Ibafo, in the Obafemi Owode Local
Government Area of Ogun State when a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Tunji Lawal, were
found dead in their house after inhaling generator fumes.
IT was gathered from neighbours that the Lawals
were found dead in their house on Monday, March 30, with their generator
working in one of the rooms in the building. The matter was reported to the
Ibafo Police Division.
A neighbour, said
the residents were attracted by the sound of the running generator, adding that
such was unusual in the house.
The first child of the couple, Afeez Lawal, argued that he
did not believe that his parents were killed by the fumes. He called on the
police to investigate the matter thoroughly.
He said, “The incident is very shocking to me. I was
informed on the telephone and when I got home, I saw a huge crowd in front of
my parents’ house.
“Neighbours said it was generator fumes, but I still wonder
how my parents did not wake up if it was fumes. Daddy was a light sleeper. He
sometimes listened to news till the midnight.
“Both of them did not stay in Ibafo. They only came home for
weekends. I want the police to adequately investigate this case.”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa
Adejobi, confirmed the incident, adding that the police had released the bodies
to the family for burial.
He said, “When we performed a post-mortem, it was revealed
that fumes killed them. We have released their bodies to the family for
burial.”
Source: Punch
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