Tragic: Food Poisoning Kills 4 In Kwara

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the death of four members of the same family as a result of food poisoning.

A statement by the NSCDC, Kwara State Command, said the foursome died in the early hours of Thursday due to poisonous food consumption.

Signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Babawale Afolabi, the statement said; “We received information about the death of two children of Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar of Olori village, Banni community of Kwara North; Umar Mohammed 25 and Kadir Mohammed 18.

“They started vomiting around 4 am on Thursday and were rushed to General hospital, Igbeti. They were tested and confirmed to have taken poisonous food. After few minutes, the two died in the hospital.”

According to Afolabi, as the family members were preparing to bury their corpses, one of the grandsons of Abubakar, Umar Mohammed, also died.

The Command spokesman also said a team of NSCDC personnel led by the Divisional Officer, Mr Adesina Taofeek, visited the family to condole with them.

“As we were with the family members, we were told another grandson, Bashiru Mohammed has been rushed to another hospital, and on getting there, he was also confirmed dead in our presence,” Afolabi said.

He said the Divisional Officer, Taofeek, advised other family members who took the same meal with the deceased to go for a check-up at the hospital.

The Corp PRO further disclosed that the hospital also admitted some other members of the family to undergo proper tests and possible treatment to avert undesirable occurrences. – NAN