Generator fumes kill seven people in Bayelsa music studio.

Seven people, many of whom were claimed to be students at Niger Delta University in Yenagoa, were discovered dead inside a music studio on Tuesday morning after breathing what is suspected to be generator fumes.

PUNCH According to Metro, one of the deceased, Akpos Barakubo, operated a music studio on Transformer Road in the Amarata neighborhood of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

The deceased were claimed to be working in the studio on Monday night, but fell asleep due to weariness without turning off the generator, culminating in the tragic occurrence.

Our source learned that six dead were discovered in the morning, and a seventh, who was comatose, was taken to the hospital but later died.

Security personnel have roped off the scene, and the dead have been transported to the mortuary.

Damion Asamonye, a resident of the neighborhood, blamed their deaths on the federal and state governments, as well as the Port Harcourt Power Electricity Distribution Company, claiming that if there had been adequate power supply, the generator would not have been needed.

Asamonye criticized the scenario in Bayelsa State, where the electrical distribution firm would only deliver power when they wanted to collect fees and then disconnect it quickly after customers paid their bills.

He said, “Both the federal and state governments have failed us. If there was a public power supply, maybe these people wouldn’t have lost their lives in this circumstance.

“Seven able-bodied young men just died like that because of the failure of government. The most annoying thing is that tomorrow, the PHED officials will come with a ladder to disconnect the light that they are not supplying. How can people be spending their money on fuelling generators despite the current hardship in Nigeria even after paying bills?”

Another neighbor, Joy Reuben, stated that the neighbourhood awoke on Tuesday morning to watch the tragic incident and urged the state government to ensure that there was appropriate power supply in the state so that individuals would not be killed in such circumstances again.

When reached, Musa Muhammed, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, promised to find out and call back, but did not do so as of the time of submitting this report.