Almost everybody in Ghana have had their fair share of problems that come along with the current incessant load shedding, popularly known as ‘Dumsor’. For others, their perishable foods in their refrigerators go waste whenever there is power cut. Others too have had their electrical gadgets like televisions spoilt. But the unfortunate thing that happened to two lovers because of power cut was none of the above. For them, it resulted in death.
32-year-old Frank Arhin – a secondhand footwear dealer – and his 30-year-old fiancée Sandra Boateng were found dead in their single room in Dansoman yesterday, Daily Graphic reports.
According to the report, it is suspected that the two lovers died as a result of been suffocated by the fumes from their generator which was placed in a sofa next to their bed (photo above).
The deceased’s brother, Bismark Kwaku Asiedu, narrating the incident to the newspaper said his brother last Tuesday bought a generator for the purpose of using it as a source of his electricity whenever there is power cut. According to him, his brother left the compound around 12 am and went to bed with his lover. He however decided to take the generator to his single room and power it there because he feared thieves would steal it when he leaves it outside.
Even though he was going to bed and would not use the generator overnight, the reason given by Frank Arhin why he had to power the generator was that the room was hot. Nonetheless, Bismark Asiedu said Frank told him he would switch off the generating set after some time. Unfortunately, it seems the two slept off and forgot to switch it off.
Even though the actual cause of their death is not known, a medical practitioner who spoke to the newspaper explained that a generator produces poisonous gases which can lead to a person’s death when inhaled in an enclosed place over a period of time.
The bodies of the deceased have since been deposited at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital mogue for autopsy.
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