Six people, including a mother, three of her children and two of their neighbours, on Tuesday lost their lives in Ogaminana area of Okene in Kogi after eating a meal made from cassava flour.

The Public Relations Officer of the Adavi Local Government, Mr. Abdulhamid Salahudeen told newsmen on phone that three of the victims died on Tuesday at the Okene General Hospital while the woman and two of her children had earlier died on Monday in their house.

He said that the woman died along side three of her children, two sons and a daughter

He added that two male children of her neighbour that partook in the meal also died .


He put the ages of the dead five children at between 9 and 15 years.

Salaudeen said that the mother had in the evening of Sunday, October 30 brought the cassava flour (white Amala) from her farmland at Ohuepe village.

He said that the woman prepared a dinner from the cassava flour for the family and extended the food to her neighbour.

The officer said the victims later went to bed but developed severe stomach pain over the night which later resulted in the death of the woman and two of her children.

http://iroyinkoko.com/mother-three-children-two-neighbours-die-after-eating-amala/

We need stronger legislation on food protection

RIP to the dead!

this is becoming a thread, food poisoning.. Rip dead

Rip to the dead....
But is with all this news about food poisoning this days.. ..

when amala turns visa to heaven. Rip