Tragedy As 4-yr-old Boy Dies, 5 Family Members Found Unconscious In Benue

A four-year-old Master Sunday Surnen has been confirmed dormant portion his parent and 4 different siblings were recovered unconscious successful their country astatine Akaajime assemblage successful Ipav, Gwer section authorities country of Benue State.

Our analogous gathered from an elder successful the assemblage who simply identified himself arsenic James that the incidental occurred overnight Wednesday erstwhile the household of six who had gone to furniture connected Tuesday nighttime were recovered unconscious successful their flat connected Wednesday morning.

James added that 1 of the victims, Master Surnen was confirmed dormant connected accomplishment astatine the hospital.

One of the siblings, Movihinze Terkura, who was not astatine location astatine the clip of the tragedy, explained that she returned location successful the greeting due to the fact that she was trapped by rainfall and was amazed to observe that her parent and siblings were inactive successful the country with the doorway locked from inside, which was precise unusual.

According to her, “After respective attempts for them to unfastened the doorway failed, I past forced the doorway open, lone to observe that my parent and others were lying unconscious.”

She stressed that it was astatine that constituent that she raised an alarm for the attraction of neighbours “who helped maine convey the victims to the nearest hospital.”

Terkura explained that, “But earlier the victims were taken to hospital, my younger member of 4 years, maestro Sunday Surnen, was confirmed dead”.

She said that cannot property thing to the incidental but said she noticed an unusually harsh odor of chemic successful the room.

According to Terkura, the household did not a state cooker successful the country nor usage insecticide arsenic they were perpetually utilizing mosquito nets.

There has not been immoderate origin blamed for the incidental arsenic astatine the clip of filing this report.

When contacted, the Benue State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Udeme Edet did not reply her calls and substance connection sent to her telephone by our analogous was not replied astatine the time of this report.