LAGOS, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A Nigerian couple and their five children died Thursday in the southern Rivers state as a result of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, a local police spokesperson told Xinhua on Friday.
"A family of seven made up of the father, the mother and five children were discovered dead this morning. They were suffocated to death by fumes from a generator," state police spokesperson Nnamdi Omoni said in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The victims were found dead inside their one-bedroom apartment in Too-Much-Money street in Ikwerre, in the oil-rich Rivers state, Omoni said.
"We have commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to their death," the spokesperson said.
According to initial investigations, the generator was kept in the kitchen while the fumes spread into the sitting room, where members of the family were.
