Four members of the same family have reportedly died of food poison at Olori village in Banni community in Kwara North senatorial district of Kwara State.
The incident, which occurred on Thursday morning, was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Babawale Afolabi.
The NSCDC spokesman said that the family members died as a result of food poisoning at about 7:00 a.m. on Thursday.
He said: “We received information about the death of two children of Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar of Olori village in Banni community of Kwara North, Umar Mohammed (25) and Kadir Mohammed (18).
“They started vomiting at about 4:00 a.m. on Thursday and were rushed to the General Hospital in Igbeti, Oyo State.
“They were tested and confirmed to have taken poisonous food.
“After few minutes, the two died in the hospital,” Afolabi said.
He further said that as the family members were preparing to bury their bodies, one of the grandsons of Abubakar, Umar Mohammed, also died.
The PRO said that a team of NSCDC personnel, led by the Divisional Officer, Mr Adesina Taofeek, visited the family to condole with them.
“As we were with the family members, we were told another grandson, Bashiru Mohammed, had been rushed to another hospital, and on getting there, he was also confirmed dead in our presence,” Afolabi said.
The PRO said that the divisional officer, Mr Taofeek, advised other family members who took the same meal with the deceased to go for check up at the hospital.
He said that some other members of the family were admitted at the hospital for proper test and possible treatment to avert undesirable occurrence.
