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Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by bigfather(m): 10:24am On Jul 01, 2009 |
[b]IT was tragic day in Nimgurumi town in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State on Monday when six people lost their lives after eating cassava flour meal suspected to have been poisoned. Also, four people are now receiving medical attention at a private hospital located in the town as a result of the incident. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the incident occurred following the crisis between two families over a parcel of land in the town. According to the information, one of the families was said to have spread the cassava flour in front of their house so as to get it dried for consumption but unknown to them, one of the neighbours was allegedly said to have put a substance suspected to be poisonous into the cassava flour Source close to the town said that the unsuspecting family was reported to have prepared the cassava flour which resulted in the death of some members of the family When contacted on Tuesday, the state police command who confirmed the development, said the command had commenced investigation into the incident. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Dabo Ezekiel, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday said that as soon as the detailed report on the incident was ready the command will make it available to the public. Also speaking on the food poisoning on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for Health, Hajia Ayinke Saka who also confirmed the development in Ilorin said that the incident was as a result of land problem between two families. She said that one of the families spread their cassava flour outside where it was allegedly poisoned by the neighbour.[/b] |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by dominique(f): 3:44pm On Jul 01, 2009 |
sad story ![]() ![]() why cant they carry out proper autopsy on the family before pointing fingers, unprocessed cassava contains a poisonous chemical HCN which can kill within minutes, could this be what killed this family instead of some land disputing neighbour. ![]() |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by argent(f): 5:40pm On Jul 02, 2009 |
very sad ![]() |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by Fhemmmy: 1:04pm On Jul 03, 2009 |
They need to investigate it and find the culprits. |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by dominique(f): 2:04pm On Jul 03, 2009 |
@fhemmmy you give the NPF too much credit. how do they intend to do that when they didn't carry out any autopsy, it could be that they ate poisonous cassava by accident. |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by Fhemmmy: 9:06pm On Jul 03, 2009 |
dominique: Well that is part of the investigation. Even if they ate poisonous cassava, someone must have sold it or processed it, someone has to be laible for the wahala |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by Nobody: 1:20am On Jul 04, 2009 |
What about the ewedu? |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by dominique(f): 1:24am On Jul 04, 2009 |
Yeah. . . but it could be unintentional. From the article, it seems the family made their own cassava powder. Maybe the poison wasnt properly extracted, we'll prolly never know. |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by mamagee3(f): 9:49pm On Jul 18, 2009 |
Very Sad. ![]() |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by Shaz(f): 12:10am On Jul 19, 2009 |
DAmn . . adulteration to another level |
Re: Six Family Members Die After Eating 'amala' ! by luvergal: 11:05am On Oct 24, 2009 |
@poster, Were u once a news caster? ![]() |
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