Police suspect generator fumes caused death of couple, three children in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has suspected that generator fumes caused the death of a couple and their three children.

The decomposing bodies Lawrence Olorungbo, his wife and three children were found at their apartment in the Apapa area of Lagos State.

It was gathered that the corpses were found after several efforts to contact Lawrence and his wife on their telephone numbers proved abortive.

According to reports, an associate was said to have paid the family a visit and learnt that the door leading into their apartment was locked.

Meanwhile, the associate was said to have knocked on the door to get the attention of a family member to open the door, but no one answered.

It was learnt that the friend was perceiving a strange smell oozing from the apartment permeated the environment.

He reportedly proceeded to the Apapa Police Station to alert policemen to his observation.

The policemen detailed to investigate the situation reportedly forced their way into the building and met the lifeless bodies of the family of five.

The State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, said it has began an investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of the victims.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident, adding that the police suspected generator fumes as the cause of death.

Hundeyin said, “The incident is true; they met the entire family dead and they have been evacuated but the autopsy has not been concluded. An investigation is ongoing.

“How the corpses were discovered was that the husband’s number was not going through, so they went to check him at home and the decomposing corpses of him and his wife were found.

“Paper works for the autopsy is ongoing, but everything indicates that the suspected cause of the victims’ death was generator fumes. The direction of the generator’s exhaust indicates that the fume emitting from the generator was the suspected cause of their deaths. But the autopsy will be done soon.”