Generator fumes reportedly killed Enugu's groom and wedding guests

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The Enugu State Police Command has announced that it has launched an investigation to clarify the circumstances surrounding the deaths of six people, including a married man, Obinna Dike, in the village of Akutara, Adani community, in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Zone of the state.

However, a reliable source close to the family of the deceased told our correspondent on Monday evening that the death of the victims could be linked to the inhalation of fumes emitted by a generator placed on the veranda of the home.

PUNCH Metro discovered that eight other people, who were allegedly among the guests at Dike's wedding ceremony in Akutara Village, were receiving treatment at a hospital undisclosed from the community.

The victims, after attending the wedding ceremony on Saturday, left the scene to continue the celebration at home.

Afterwards, they would have gone to sleep in their various rooms at their residence in the community.

Things took a different turn, however, when neither of them came out of the rooms the next day.

Disturbed by the development, neighbors and community residents, who tried to call each other and knock on bedroom doors for the victims to open the doors to no avail, broke down the doors .< /p>

Upon entering the rooms, residents reportedly found the lifeless bodies of six of the victims, including the groom, with frothy substances dripping from their mouths.

Eight other victims, who were breathing weakly, were quickly taken to hospital for treatment.

Our correspondent has gathered that the circumstances surrounding the death of the victims have left the families of the celebrants and the inhabitants of the community in mourning.

Responding, the state police public relations officer, in a statement, said state police commissioner Ahmed Ammani had ordered the criminal investigations department to the state to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the victims.

The statement reads in part: "Preliminary investigation reveals that one of the confirmed deceased, Obinna Dike, 31, attended her traditional wedding ceremony at Obollor-Eke, in Udenu council area with his relatives and other victims of the August 26 incident.

"They then returned home and continued the celebration. However, the next morning, none of them came out of the room where they were sleeping. This forced the door open. open, and everyone in the room was left unconscious with a foamy discharge from their mouths."

The statement, however, says they were rushed to hospital, where six of them were confirmed dead and taken to the morgue for preservation and autopsy.

Meanwhile, eight other survivors reportedly responded to treatment at an area hospital.

While sympathizing with the families and friends of the deceased victims, Ammani appealed to people in the community to remain peaceful and support the police with the information necessary for the investigation to uncover the cause of the incident. their death.

However, a reliable source close to the family linked the victims' deaths to the inhalation of generator fumes.

He said: "The bride, mother and sister of the groom, whose two sons died and the others who were hospitalized recovered. The mother of the groom and the bride ask where The groom has been since they regained consciousness. We suspect fumes from the generators are the cause of their deaths."