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.

Taofik Abdulkareem     Rafiu Olasile     Face Masks     Akume     Olatomiwa Williams     Aliyu Muhammed     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Doyin Awoyale     20 Billion Bond     Abraysports FC     Elesie Of Esie     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Wahab Isa     Diagnostic Centre     MATTA Girls Foundation     Abubakar Lah     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Dauda Adesola     Awoye     JMK Construction Company Limited     Razaq Atunwa     Old Oyo     Simeon Ajibola     Yusuf Arowosaye     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Afolayan     Dan-Kazeem     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Kale Ayo     NAWOJ     KW-GIS     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Olohungbebe     Kwara State Governor     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Ibrahim Gambari     Jebba     KWAFFA     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Amasa     Dankaka     Kwara United     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Tunji Moronfoye     Curfew     Owu Fall     Tayo Awodiji     Emir Of Lafiagi     Akanji     Gamji Members Association     Toyosi Thomas     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     IDPU     Ahmad Lawan     Omupo     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     NURTW     Ilorin Durbar     3MTT     Dogara     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Pakata Development Association     KWASEIC     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Ileloke     COVID-19 Palliatives     Imam Gambari     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Abubakar B.M     Olofa Of Offa     Medview Airlines     Bola Magaji    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

KWACOBPA     Elerin Of Adanla     Lateef Fagbemi     Ndakene     Ajayi Okasanmi     Kawu Baraje     Oyin-Zubair     Kishira     Abraysports FC     Nigerian Correctional Service     Adekunle David Dunmade     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Ohoro Of Shao     Sodiya     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Kwara Central     Dan Iya     Dasuki Belgore     Fatimoh Lawal     Halimah Perogi     Mohammed Danjuma     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Kaosarah Adeyi     Raimi Iyanda     Playing Host     Tope Daramola     Ilorin Airport     Yakub Lai Gobir     Saheed Alakoso     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Pategi     Modupe Oluwole     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Tanke Road     Awodun     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Abatemi Usman     Abubakar Baba     Olatunde Olukoya     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Mohammed Ibrahim     Turaki     RTEAN     Kola Olota     Abubakar Aliagan     ENetSuD     Gambari     NIPOGA     Idris Garba     Bola Tinubu     Coronavirus     Unilorin FM     Sulyman Buhari     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Simeon Sayomi     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Kwha.gov.ng     Kale Bayero     Ilorin International Airport     Garba Ado Sanni     Waheed Ibrahim     Wole Oke     Samuel Adaramola     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Yahaya Jibril Usman     FOMWAN     Abubakar Suleiman     Bello Bature     Ahman Pategi University     George Innih     Alabi Lawal     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Bukola Saraki