Tragedy struck in Ibokun, Obokun
Local Government area of Osun State yesterday when two persons died and
four others were hospitalized after eating yam flour also known as amala
with stew.....
Saturday Sun gathered that one of those that died, Mrs
Kehinde Fasanya, was a staff of Obokun Local Government Council.
However, the identity of the second person could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.
Their bodies have been deposited at the
Osun State General Hospital morgue at Asubiaro in Osogbo, for autopsy to
determine the real cause of their death.
Four others that ate the food were rushed
to Our Lady of Fatimah Hospital at Jaleyemi area in Osogbo for
treatment against suspected poison.
The doctors at the hospital said their
cases could not be handled and referred them to the Wesley Guild
Hospital of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital in Ilesa
for treatment.
There was palpable tension in Ibokun and
its environs as well as Osogbo yesterday as residents were seen warning
their relations within and outside the state not to buy yam flour or eat
amala for now.
The Commissioner for Health in the state,
Dr Rafiu Isamotu said proactive measures had been taken with a view to
unveiling the circumstances that led to the incident.
He therefore advised people not to panic.
He said preliminary findings revealed that the family members had been eating the same yam flour in the past few weeks.
He said that the poison could be in the stew that the victims used to eat the amala.
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