Mother, her three children, two others die in Kogi State after eating Amala
Six
people, including a mother, three of
her children and two of their neighbours died on Tuesday, Nov. 1st,
in Ogaminana area of Okene in Kogi State after eating a meal made from
cassava flour.
The Public Relations Officer of the
Adavi Local Government, Mr Abdulhamid Salahudeen, who confirmed the tragic incident said that three of the victims died on Tuesday at the Okene General Hospital
while the woman and two of her children had earlier died on Monday
in
their house.
The woman died along side three of her children; two sons
and a daughter while two male children of her neighbour, who also ate
the food also died. The children are aged between 9 and 15 years.
Giving further details, Salaudeen said that the mother had on Sunday
evening, Oct. 30 brought the cassava flour ( white
Amala) from her farmland at Ohuepe village, which she used to prepare
dinner for her family and gave some of the food to her neighbour. The
victims developed severe stomach pain hours later and died.
He said that neighbours who sensed
that the sudden deaths might be due to the cassava flour dinner quickly
rushed the remaining three children that partook in the eating to Okene
General Hospital where they died on Tuesday.
Salaudeen said that the authority of
the local government believed that the cassava flour was poisoned and
had informed the police for appropriate action. A senior nursing officer at the
Okene General Hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed
the death of the three victims at the hospital.
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