TRAGEDY: FOOD POISONING KILLS FATHER, MOTHER, 5 CHILDREN IN SOKOTO
After consuming contaminated cassava delicacies, seven members of the same family in Runjin Barmo village, Kajiji District, Shagari Local Government Area, Sokoto State, have passed away.
The tragedy was confirmed by a statement signed by Nura Bello, the Information Officer of the state Ministry of Health on Sunday.
The statement disclosed that the village head of the community, Muhammadu Modi, who narrated the incident to the Commissioner for Health, Asabe Balarabe, said the victims consumed the Cassava meal for dinner.
“The victims are the father, Abubakar, his wife, A’ishatu and their five children,” the statement partly read.
Balarabe said government officials were in the village to assess the cause of the incident for onward communication to the government for necessary action.
The commissioner said the ministry would take samples from one teenager who happened to be alive after eating the suspected cassava meal.
She condoled with the people of the area of the unfortunate incident.
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