Seven university undergraduates are believed to have died after allegedly inhaling fumes from a generator inside a music studio on Transformer Road, Ebis, in the Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.
Local media reports indicate that the victims were working in the recording studio owned by Akpos Reuben Braokubo, one of the deceased, when the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday morning, May 21.
The incident reportedly occurred because the studio crew worked overnight using a generator due to the inadequate power supply in the state.
The victims fell asleep with the generator running inside the studio and did not turn it off before dozing off. Six bodies were discovered on Tuesday morning, and one individual who was found unconscious later died at the hospital.
Most of the victims were undergraduates from Niger Delta University (NDU) in Amassoma who were involved in the recording business to support their education.
The area has been cordoned off by security operatives, and the bodies have been taken to a morgue in Yenagoa. Friends are mourning the deceased online.
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