There was a pandemonium on Wednesday when a 65 years old woman and her 12 years old houseboy in Anambra State, after inhaling fumes from a charcoal fire, ignited to keep them warm and away from the cold weather.
This was disclosed in a statement by SP Haruna Mohammed, the spokesperson of the Anambra State Police command’s public relations officer.
He said that the two were discovered dead in their room on Wednesday by neighbours, after they failed to wake up in the morning.
According to him, “Today being 15/7/2020 there was a report at Aguata Police Station by one Bernard Ezeuboaja ‘m’ of Umuchiana village, Ekwulobia in Anambra State that on the same date at about 9:am,he discovered that his wife one Obiageli Ezeuboaja ‘f’ aged 65 years and her house boy one Chikamso ‘m’ surname unknown aged about 12 years never woke up from sleep since the previous night.As a result, he opened the door and discovered their lifeless bodies.
“Following the report,Police detectives attached to Aguata division visited the scene and rushed victims to the hospital for medical attention but they were all certified death on arrival by a medical doctor.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased set a charcoal fire in order to warm the room due to cold weather leaving all the windows closed and without ventilation.
“Meanwhile,the charcoal container was recovered as exhibit while corpses deposited at Ekwulobia hospital mortuary for autopsy.Investigation is ongoing to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.”
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