Expdonaloaded News; Fire, generator fumes kill 5 in Bayelsa

No fewer than five people have died in two separate fire incidents that occurred in two communities in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.In one of the incidents in Otuoke, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s community, two girls of the same parents, were said to have died from a fire incident caused by mosquito coil.The two children were identified as Juliet Agamawa and Favour Agamawa, aged seven and six years respectively.

According to the State Police Command spokesman, Anisim Butswat, the father of the two deceased, Mr. Ase Agamawa, reported the incident at the police station in Otuoke.
He stated that the bodies of the two children had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) for autopsy, while investigation had commenced. In the second incident, a family of three died in their house at Emeyal community, after inhaling carbon monoxide from a generator that was kept inside their room.
The police suspected that the family of 39-year-old  Ibieneye Tubotamuno, a student of Political Science at the Federal University, Otuoke, must have died days before their bodies were discovered yesterday.
“His body and that of his wife, Jennifer Asiagbuladia, as well as their son, Goodluck, had swollen when they were discovered,” he said.
The Police Public Relations Officer explained that neighbours, who suspected something was amiss, when a foul smell started oozing out of their house, had contacted the police and when the door was forcibly opened, the three lifeless bodies were found.