Four Family Members Die Of Food Poisoning In Kwara

Four members of a family on Thursday died of suspected food poisoning in Banni in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The four victims included two sons of the same father and two grandsons of one Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar of Olori’s compound, Banni.

The victims’ names were given as Umar Mohammed (25 years) and 18-year-old Kadir Mohammed who were both sons of Alhaji Mohammed, and the two grandsons, identified simply as Umar and Bashiru.

They were suspected to have the poisonous food on Wednesday and died at various hospitals on Thursday morning.

The spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Babawale Afolabi, “We received information about the death of two children of Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar – Umar Mohammed and Kadir Mohammed – around 4am on Thursday at a general hospital in Igbeti, Oyo State. They were tested and confirmed to have taken poisonous food.

“As the family members were preparing to bury their corpse, one of the grandson of Abubakar; Umar Mohammed also died.

“When we went to condole with the family, another grandson, Bashiru Mohammed, was rushed to another hospital where he was confirmed dead.”