Family Of Five Die During First Night In Personal House

Family Of Five Die After A Night In New House (IB9ja)

Family Of Five, Friend, Die Mysteriously Overnight In Personal House.

A family of five have been reported dead after they moved to their personal house yesterday at Old Aiyepe road in Sagamu area of Ogun State.

The cause of their death had not be revealed, as at the time of filing this report. The family constituted the father, mother, three children and a family friend.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the family had just moved from their rented apartment into their own property but died the very first night in the house.

The house was suspected to have been fumigated with “killer chemical’’.

One of the sympathizers, identified as Tony who accompanied the corpses to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu said the man of the house, a borehole driller, had just spent a night in the new house.

He also said they perceived a foul odour on Thursday morning, which attracted them to the house.

According to him, neighbours around raised an alarm, which attracted the attention of the police.

Their remains have since been evacuated and taken to the mortuary of the hospital.

Sympathisers besieged the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital, wailing uncontrollably over the unfortunate incident.

The Ogun Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, adding that the police would get to the root of the matter.

Mr Oyeyemi said investigation into the matter had commenced in order to unravel the mystery behind the ugly incident.