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Friday 20 September 2019

Mother, 2 children, dogs die in Ekiti after eating amala


A woman and her children age 12 and 14 years old and two dogs have been reported dead in the Odo-Ayedun Ekiti community in Ikole area of Ekiti state after eating a locally made food known as amala.
Confirming the sad news which took place on Tuesday, September 17, to journalists, the police public relations officer in Ekiti, Caleb Ikechukwu, revealed that the husband of the deceased woman, who also ate the food, is in a critical condition at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Ido Ekiti.
 Ikechukwu also said that the police, alongside other agencies, are making moves to investigate the development and discover the cause of the strange deaths.
Adeoye Aribasoye, a member of the Ekiti state House of Assembly, representing Ikole Constituency II, on Thursday, September 19, spoke on the incident at the plenary and called for an investigation into it. Thanks again and happy
Aribasoye said: “After they ate the flour on Saturday, the mother and the two children complained of stomach ache overnight and they resorted to self-treatment which led to the death of the mother on Monday and the two children in quick succession between that Monday and Tuesday.
“Before the deaths were broken to the father, he was already down and the father was rushed to FETHI, and he is currently battling with his life.”
Meanwhile,a tragic story of two Nigerian men who lost their lives after attempting to smuggle hard substance from Brazil to Ethiopia had surfaced.
The men identified as Chigozie Pascal Aniagbado and Chijioke Chidioka Ogbuefi died aboard their flight. It was gathered that the deceased avoided being caught at the airport by swallowing the hard substance they smuggled.

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