Tragedy struck in Bayelsa state on Monday night when seven persons lost their lives after inhaling fume from a generator inside a music studio.
Gatekeepers News reports that the incident occurred along Transformer Road, in the Amarata axis of Yenagoa.
The victims who were undergraduates of Niger Delta University (NDU) lost their lives while working in the recording studio, owned by a called Akpos Barakubo, who was one of them.
According to the residents of the area, the crew worked overnight using their generating set due to poor power supply in the state.
Journalists gathered that six bodies were later discovered in the morning. One of them who was found unconscious and was rushed to the hospital later gave up the ghost.
As at the time of filling the report, security operatives have cordoned off the area and the corpses have been taken to the mortuary.
A resident, Damion Asamonye blamed the state and federal governments as well as the power distribution company for the death of the people, citing inadequate power supply as the reason for that calamity.
He lamented the situation in Bayelsa State where Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) only brings light when collecting bills and cuts it off shortly after customers pay the bills.
He said, “Both 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 circumstances.”
“Seven able bodied young men just died like that because of the failure of government. The most annoying thing is that tomorrow, the PHED personnel will come with ladder to disconnect light that they are not supplying now can people be spending their money in fueling generators despite the current hardship in Nigeria, even after paying for light bills?”
Joy Reuben, another local resident said the whole neighborhood woke up on Tuesday morning to witness the tragic incident. She then implored the government to ensure that there is adequate power supply in the state, so that citizens will not die in such circumstances again.
When contacted, the Bayelsa state police spokesman, ASP Musa Muhammed, promised to call back after making his findings but he did not pick his calls afterwards.
