Four family members die after eating 'amala' in Ilorin

Date: 2018-11-16

Four members of a family lost their lives in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, after consuming yam flour better known as "amala" in the south-western part of the country.

Four others who took from the meal suspected to be poisonous had also been hospitalised at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH).

The incident happened at Magaji-Ogo community behind Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies in Ilorin west local government area.

NAN quoted a source as saying the victims took the meal on Sunday night before three of them were found dead the following morning.

According to him, the fourth casualty, who was the head of the family, died on Wednesday.

"Those feared dead are the family head, his sister and two children, while those recuperating in the hospital are the mother and three other children," the source was quoted to have said.

"The corpses of the deceased had been buried in accordance with Islamic rite. They were eight that took the meal.

"Though we are not sure yet of the cause of death, the meal was taken alongside amphibian and there is a suspicion that they died of poisoning. "Officials from the state Ministry of Health were in the community to take samples of the meal for test but nothing was yet to be said of the findings." The family is an extension of the district head of Adewole, popularly known as Alangua Adewole in Ilorin.

Meanwhile, Oluwatosin Fakayode, director, public health and disease control in the state ministry of health, confirmed the incident.

He, however, said the ministry was yet to identify the cause of the "ugly and unfortunate occurrence."

Fakayode told NAN that samples from the meal were taken for laboratory investigation, which would be out within the next 24 hours.

"As it stands, it is difficult to say the cause until the result is out," he said.

"However, we are definite that it is food poison because of the symptoms, but we are not sure of the food item that is culpable.

"We learnt they took these amphibian that they hawk around with it. So we are not sure if it is the source of the death because some of them are poisonous.

"Though we have not identified the culprit in terms of whether it is organism or chemical, definitely, it is a symptom of food poison.

"But our suspicion is the amphibian. It could be preservatives that were used on the items that were used for the meal." NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara Hotel     Abdulraheem Olesin     ITEM 7     Bolakale Saka     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     New Model Police Station     Aminu Ado Bayero     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Babs Iwarere     Yahaya Seriki     Hijaab     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Gambari     Fatimat Saliu     Samuel Adaramola     Goodluck Jonathan     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Abdullahi Samari     Iyiola Oyedepo     Okanlawon Taiwo     Afetu Of Alabe     Isapa     Olohungbebe     Dele Momodu     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Hassanat Bello     Buari Edun     Olatunde Michaels     Alore     Ejidongari     Kwara Consultative Forum     Sam Onile     Danladi     Okin High School     Saka Abimbola Isau     Diagnostic Centre     Bola Shagaya     Jare Olatundun     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Kolawole Akande     Fareedah Dankaka     Biliaminu Aliu     Bello John Olanrewaju     Lucky Omoluwa     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Raymond Olaitan     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Shaaba Lafiagi     Opobiyi     Amusement Park     Sarkin Malamai     Oko Erin     VADA     Makama     Binta Abubakar Mora     Oyedepo     Abatemi Usman     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Saba Mamman Daniel     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Surajudeen Akanbi     Deji Ajani     MATTA Girls Foundation     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Lawal Jimoh     Femi Gbajabiamila     Harrison Osauwagboe     KWASIEC     Kulende-UITH    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Tuesday Assayomo     Yoruba     Ajeigbe     Grillo     Third Estate     Owode Market     Folashade Omoniyi     Gobir     Charcoal     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Bashir Adigun     Ike Ekweremadu     Michael Nzwekwe     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Yahaya Seriki     KSIRS     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Sa\'adu Salau     Sunday Popo-Ola     Twitter     Rebecca Bake     Toyin Sanusi     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Kayode Ibrahim     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Danladi     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Saliu Mustapha     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Sunday Fagbemi     April 11     Alaaya     Samuel Adaramola     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Ilorin Like-Minds     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Saba Mamman Daniel     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     A.O. Belgore     Kayode Ishola     March 28     Sa\'adu Salahu     Frootify     Balogun Fulani     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Sulyman Tejidini     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Albert Ogunsola     Adeleke Ogungbe     Oni Adebayo     CACOVID     Gurei     Sobi Hill     Medview Airlines     Rueben Parejo     RTEAN     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Pakata Development Association     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Kwara 2023     Omu-aran     Aliyu U. Tilde     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Aisha Buhari     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Tope Daramola     Oya State     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Issa Manzuma     Alapado     IPSAS     Abubakar Abdulraheem