Seven undergraduate students have died after they allegedly inhaled fumes from a generator inside a music studio on Transformer road,Ebis in the Amarata area of Yenagoa,Bayelsa state
The victims were working in the recording studio owned by one of the victims identified as Akpos Reuben Braokubo, when the tragic incident happened on Tuesday morning, May 21,according to local media reports.
Residents of Ebis say the studio crew worked overnight using their generators as a result of the inadequate power supply in the state.
The victims fell asleep with the generator running inside the studio and forgot to switch it off before dozing off.
Six bodies were found on Tuesday morning, and one person who was found unconscious later died at the hospital.
Most of the victims were undergraduates from Niger Delta University (NDU) in Amassoma, involved in the recording business to support their education.
The bodies of the deceased were taken to a morgue in Yenagoa.
Friends took to social media to mourn the departed souls.
