The lifeless body of a 65-year-old woman, Obiageli Ezeuboaja and a boy of 12 years, Chikamso, was found dead in her home in Umuchiana village, Ekwulobia in Anambra State.
This was reported by the husband, Bernard Ezeuboaja, who found the lifeless bodies of the two persons and immediately reported at the Aguata Police Station in the morning of Wednesday 15th July 2020.
According to the Anambra State Police Command, For-Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, stated that preliminary investigation showed that they died from the charcoal fume found in the room and was set to warm up the room.
They, however, locked up the whole place with no ventilation and was found lifeless the following morning.
The Police detectives attached to Aguata division visited the scene and rushed victims to the hospital for medical attention but they were all certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor.
Meanwhile, the charcoal container was recovered as exhibit while corpses deposited at Ekwulobia hospital mortuary for autopsy. The investigation is ongoing to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.
