A man, resident of Egbeda area of Lagos State,
was found dead Thursday morning in his
apartment. The man, who hails from Sokoto
State, was identified simply as Mutairu.
The deceased was a petty trader specializing
in selling noodles and tea at 83, Egbeda-
Idimu Road. Fume from a generating set he
put in his room is said to be the cause of
death. The incident was reported to the police at the
Area M Command, Idimu. According to an eyewitness and a close friend
of the deceased, Mutairu was killed by fume
from his generating set which he left running
in his room till dawn. Kabiru said: “Mutairu is a native of Sokoto,
Ilela Town. He has been
doingMaishai business [tea seller] for many
years here. A lot of people knew him as a
dutiful fellow who related well with everyone
irrespective of class, religion or ethnic background. “We were surprised to find him dead this
morning [yesterday]. Somebody just called to
inform me that I should run down to Mutairu’s
house as he could not be found around,
which was unusual. “When I got there, we knocked repeatedly on
his door without response, but we could hear
the sound of a generator working inside. “After a while, we decided to climb the roof of
the makeshift building because the three
doors leading to his room were locked. “We broke into the room and right before us
was the lifeless body of Mutairu on the bed.
We quickly put off the generator as the entire
room had been saturated with the fume. “We could not apply any first aid to revive him
because he was already dead. It is so painful.
Probably, he was unaware of the inherent
danger in keeping generator working inside a
house.” The remains of the deceased were later taken
to his home town in Sokoto State.
was found dead Thursday morning in his
apartment. The man, who hails from Sokoto
State, was identified simply as Mutairu.
The deceased was a petty trader specializing
in selling noodles and tea at 83, Egbeda-
Idimu Road. Fume from a generating set he
put in his room is said to be the cause of
death. The incident was reported to the police at the
Area M Command, Idimu. According to an eyewitness and a close friend
of the deceased, Mutairu was killed by fume
from his generating set which he left running
in his room till dawn. Kabiru said: “Mutairu is a native of Sokoto,
Ilela Town. He has been
doingMaishai business [tea seller] for many
years here. A lot of people knew him as a
dutiful fellow who related well with everyone
irrespective of class, religion or ethnic background. “We were surprised to find him dead this
morning [yesterday]. Somebody just called to
inform me that I should run down to Mutairu’s
house as he could not be found around,
which was unusual. “When I got there, we knocked repeatedly on
his door without response, but we could hear
the sound of a generator working inside. “After a while, we decided to climb the roof of
the makeshift building because the three
doors leading to his room were locked. “We broke into the room and right before us
was the lifeless body of Mutairu on the bed.
We quickly put off the generator as the entire
room had been saturated with the fume. “We could not apply any first aid to revive him
because he was already dead. It is so painful.
Probably, he was unaware of the inherent
danger in keeping generator working inside a
house.” The remains of the deceased were later taken
to his home town in Sokoto State.
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