
Neighbours of a family of six living at the Rumuomosi area of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, have discovered their decomposing bodies in the sitting room.
The residents of Rumuomosi in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of
Rivers State, were left in total shock on Monday with the discovery of
the decomposing bodies of a family of six in their sitting room who were
suspected to have been killed of the fumes emitted by their generator.
According to a report by DailyTimes, the decomposing bodies were
found, at their residence on Salvation Street by concerned neighbours
who had gone in search of them when they realized that not one of them
had been seen since last Friday.
The discovery has thrown the residents in a mourning mood. The
family is made up of the father, mother, and four children. The ages of
the children were said to be 6, 4, 3 and 2. The police evacuated the
bodies on Monday afternoon.
While speaking to a correspondent, the landlord of the house who
asked for anonymity because the police was investigating the matter,
said he saw the family last on Friday morning.
“Their generator was on when I returned home on Friday evening
and I presumed they were inside the house. I didn’t see them on
Saturday. I also did not see any of them on Sunday,” the landlord told journalists.
He continued: “My junior brother called me this afternoon while
I was at work to intimate me that something was happening at my house,
so I rushed down here. I am in shock.”
One of the neighbour who saw the bodies when the police arrived to
evacuate them said they were lying down on the floor which suggested
that the family might have been watching television and perhaps slept
off in the process, leaving the television and generator on.
The Police Public Relations Officer, of the Rivers State Police
Command, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident, said the Police had
evacuated the bodies and taken them to the mortuary for post morten
examination.
“The speculation is that the family may have died from carbon
monoxide which emanated from their generator. But that has not been
scientifically proven. So, we are waiting for the autopsy report to make
our findings,” the police image maker said.
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