TRAGIC: Generator Fumes Kill Police Officer's Daughter & Friend In Bayelsa

Two female friends have been found dead in their room after being killed by Generator fumes in the Swali suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
Miss Augustine, aged 20, who has been identified as the daughter of a serving police officer at the state police command, hailed from Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State was until her death a student of Community Secondary School, Swali, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The other victim, Esther, aged 35, an indigene of Ondewari, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, was until her demise, a trader who dealt in kerosene and sachet water at Swali market.
The duo was reported to have left a generator running in the corridor of their home and fell asleep while watching television.
It was gathered that the late Esther was not feeling fine and had asked her friend, Patience to come over and pass the night with her when tragedy struck.
Other residents, it was learnt, became suspicious when the two friends did not come out in the morning, thereby forcing the door open out of curiosity only to discover their lifeless bodies on the bed.
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the incident.

Source: Vanguard