How Groom, 5 guests died in their sleep after wedding

Wed, Aug 31, 2022
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…bride, mother-in-law regain consciousness in hospital asking for groom

OPERATIVES of the Enugu State Police Command are currently trying to unravel the mystery behind the death of six people including a groom, Obinna Dike, in Akutara village, Adani community, in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state.

The PUNCH, however, quotes a reliable source close to the family of the deceased as revealing on Monday evening that the death of victims could be linked to the inhalation of fumes emitting from a generator that was placed at the veranda of the house, adding that eight other persons, said to be part of the guests at Dike’s wedding ceremony in Akutara village, were receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the community.

The victims, who after attending the wedding ceremony on Saturday, left the venue to continue the celebration at home, reportedly went to sleep in their various rooms at their residence in the community, only for none of them not to come out of the rooms the following day.

They were said to have been discovered by the neighbours and residents in the community, who called on them the next morning who broke down the doors after they failed to respond to consistent calls and heavy banging on the doors.

While six lifeless bodies, including the groom, with foamy substances discharging from their mouths, were found in one room, eight others, were found in the other breathing faintly, and quickly rushed to hospital for treatment, the report, said, adding that the community, particularly the family of the groom, had since been thrown into great agony and mourning.

Spokesman of the command, in a statement, said the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, had ordered the state Criminal Investigation Department to investigate circumstances surrounding the victims’ death.

The statement read in part: “Preliminary investigation reveals that one of the confirmed deceased persons, Obinna Dike, 31, attended his traditional marriage ceremony at Obollor-Eke, in Udenu council area with his relatives and other victims of the incident on August 26.

“They, thereafter, went back home and continued with the celebration. However, the following morning, none of them came out of the room where they slept. This caused the door to be forced open, with all of them in the room found to be unconscious with foamy discharge from their mouths.”

The report further quoted a source as saying: “The bride, the groom’s mother and sister, whose two sons died and the rest that were hospitalised have recovered. The groom’s mother and the bride have been asking the whereabouts of the groom since they regained consciousness. We are suspecting generator fumes to be the cause of their deaths.”

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