Three Days After Purchase, Generator Kills Mother, Child

By Ayodele Oni

Tragedy has hit a family in Owo, Ondo state as a nursing mother simply identified as Tawa and her five- month- old baby died after inhaling smoke from an electric generating set.

The husband of the deceased is currently in coma and on admission at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo.

Neighbours said the generator was bought last Monday.

The woman is said to be a staff  of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo.

It was gathered that the couple purchased the generator on Monday and left it on before they went to bed on Thursday evening.

Eye witnesses explained that the helpless bodies of the three member family were found when their apartment was broken into after the wife did not report for work on Friday.

It was Tawa’s elder sister that could not find both at their place of work that raised the alarm.

It was gathered that some co-workers went to their house in company of the elder sister and broke into the apartment where they discovered the family in critical condition.

The baby was found dead but the parents were lying unconscious.

They were later rushed to the FMC where the wife died few minutes later.