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.

Yekeen Alabi     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Kwara State Sports Commission     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Bello Oyebanji     Usman Alkali Baba     Lanwa     TIC     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Na\'Allah     Buari Edun     Mashood Dauda     Bamikole Omishore     Ajeigbe     SSUCOEN     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Olatinwo     Madawaki     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Third Estate     Communication Network Support Services     Ballah     Folaranmi Aro     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Kwha.gov.ng     Iponrin     Aso Ofi     Yusuf Arowosaye     Esuwoye     Rafiu Olasile     JAMB     Jani Ibrahim     Olam Food Ingredients     Moses Rahman Popoola     Sulyman Buhari     Igosun     Adama Isa     Saad Omo Iya     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Omupo     Omotoso Musa     Jalala     General Hospital     Eruku     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Ilorin Muslim Community     Joseph Bamigboye     Edret Sabi Abel     Iqra Books     Ajasse-Ipo     Mohammed Yisa     Inside Kwara     Oniwa     Ilorin West     Alabere     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Imam Gambari     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Cornelius Adebayo     Old Oyo     New Naira Notes     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Muazam Nayaya     Kannike     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     IYA YUSUF     Saheed Alakoso     Pakata Development Association     Balogun Fulani     Najim Yaasin     Ayinde Oyepitan     Ahman Pategi University     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Emir Of Lafiagi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Musa Abdullahi     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Tunji Arosanyin     Lukman Adeloyin     Abubakar Imam     SSA Youth Engagement     Agboola Babatunde     Moronfoye     Hamid Bobboyi     Ado Bayero     Magaji Nda     Makama     Col. Adedipe     Clara Nwachukwu     Awoye     Kale Belgore     Moses Salami     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Omu Aran     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Lanre Badmas     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Kwara State Governor     Kwara State Government     Shehu Jimoh     Transition Implementation Committee     Bamikole Omishore     Yakubu Shaaba     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Bisi Kristien     Jare Olatundun     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Na\'Allah     KWAFFA     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Senate     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Agboola Abdulraheem     Wahab Abayawo     Mamman Saba Jibril     TESCOM 2025     Ajakaye     Abatemi-Usman     Ayekale     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Kamoru Kadiri     Mustapha Akanbi     Patience Jonathan     Folashade Omoniyi     Belgore     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Innocent Okoye     Dasuki Belgore     Taofik Mustapha     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Jimoh Bashir     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Alliance For Democracy     Ilorin     Ajibike Katibi     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Wahab Agbaje     Maigida Soludero Transit     Wasiu Odewale     Olatunji Moronfoye     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Simeon Ajibola     TVC Female National Debate     Gbenga Adebayo     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Agor     Mashood Dauda