At least seven persons lost their lives after inhaling fumes from a power generating set (generator) placed inside a music studio in the early hours of Tuesday at the Amarata suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
A resident, simply identified as Damion, blamed the tragic incident on the poor power supply situation in the state.
He said: “If there was public power supply maybe these people wouldn’t have lost their lives in these circumstances.
“Seven able-bodied young men just died like that because of the failure of the government. The most annoying thing is that tomorrow, the PHED personnel will come with a ladder to disconnect light that they are not supplying. How can people be spending their money on fueling generators despite the current hardship in Nigeria, even after paying for light bills?.”
The police is yet to react on the issue.
