TRAGEDY: Generator fume kills family of seven in Benin

Tragedy struck at Akpata Street in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, on Monday night, as a family of seven were said to have been wiped off by generator fume. The family was said to have put on a generator in their kitchen and left it running throughout the night. It was gathered that some neighbours raised an alarm when the bodies‎ of the family were seen lying lifeless in the apartment when the door was opened. The lifeless bodies of the occupants which were brought to the Benin ‎Central Hospital attracted sympathisers who resorted to prayers for God’s intervention. The corpses of the deceased were, however, deposited at the Benin Central Hospital amidst weeping and wailing from the sympathisers.‎ But the father of the deceased children, identified as Tochukwu Okwueze, was said to have been taken to a hospital in the Eweka area ‎of Benin for medical attention, after he was found in a state of coma.