Seven members of the same family in Anaba village, Magama Local
Government Area of Niger State on Monday, died as a result of food
poisoning, according to a report by The Tribune...
Revealing details of the sad incident, the Police Public Relations
officer in the state, DSP Babalola Adewole, said men of the Nasko
Division of the command received distress calls from some neighbors
that one Abubakar Hassan of Yola Fulani Camp in Anaba village and seven
members of his family were vomiting blood.
“On receipt of the information, police detectives attached to
the division rushed to the location and took the victims to Medical Center in Magama for medical attention,” Adewole said in the statement.
The dead seven family members included four females and three males.
Adewole, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) listed the victims
to include Fatima Abubakar, Zainab Abubakar, Aisha Abubakar, Aminatu
Kirwa, Haruna Leggi, Faruk Godi and Aliyu Abubakar.
The family head, Malam Abubakar Hassan miraculously survived the
incident and is currently recuperating at the medical center the victims
were rushed to for treatment, while the remains of the deceased had
been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.
The command’s spokesman said that preliminary investigation into
the matter indicated that the cause of death was the chemical used in
preserving the guinea corn flour used for the dinner.
“Findings so far show that the cause of death was food
poisoning, apparently from the chemical used in preserving the guinea
corn, which flour was used for dinner,” the statement concluded.
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