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It’s sad stories like this that eventually get caught up by panic
mongers who will start claiming that it has been recently discovered that 'Amala' (yam flour) is killing people…or that Boko Haram has started poisoning Amala and other ‘swallow’
meals to get at people in the South.
Meanwhile, this could have been the handiwork of some
diabolic person who despised this family or yet just a case of fatal food
poisoning.
The incident happened in a village in Ondo State after the
father, Michael Onoja 56, returned from his farm and instructed his daughter,
Patience to prepare Amala (yam flour) for the family to eat.
The first person to start showing signs of stomach pain and
eventually giving up the ghost was Joy, Onoja’s eight year old granddaughter.
It was not till the following day that the rest of the
family started having the same stomach pains and had to be rushed to the
hospital. They all died one after the other; father, mother, children and
grandchild.
What a tragedy.
There souls rest in peace.
ReplyDeletehmm! this is where good autopsy is needed to know the actual cause!
sighs! A whole family wiped out!
Lord have mercy and give them rest.
Like simply mee said, an autopsy is required so others don't make the same mistakes if that is the case.
ReplyDeleteMay their souls rest in peace.
@Simply mee...If only autopsy was 'actually' practiced in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteSee what the police said? They are 'investigating'...and that will be the end of it!
@mYNE...i long for the day that knowledge and technology will take off and stay consistent in Nigeria!