This was confirmed by the spokesman for the State Police Command, Abiodun Wasiu.

According to him, preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased persons passed the night in the hairdressing salon with an electricity generator on.

The owner of the salon was said to have brought in the generator set inside the salon, and in the process, the victims suffocated to death after inhaling fumes from the generator.

“On 31/07/2020 at about 0815hrs, information was received that about seven dead bodies of ladies aged between 14-22 years were discovered at Afresh beauty salon centre along Bawa-Rijau road in Rijau,” the police spokesman said.

The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the General Hospital in Tunga Magajia for autopsy while investigation to unravel the cause of the incident is ongoing.

The remains of the victims are also said to have since been buried according to Islamic rites.