Salim
Adebayo, the head of the family, has died of food poisoning. The
doctors are battling to save the lives of his wife, three children and a
relative who ate the allegedly poisonous meal.
The late Salim Adebayo with his wife
The incident happened Tuesday at Osere Community in Matogun, a suburb of Ogun State, western Nigeria.
The
family of six did not wake up from sleep on Wednesday after they
allegedly ate some poisonous meals before going to bed on Tuesday
night.
Elder
brother to the deceased, Hasimi Hamsat, said that Waheed, one of his
younger brothers, visited them from the village on Tuesday to see a
relative that was sick and slept with Adebayo and his family and was to
go back Wednesday, before the incident happened.
Explaining
further, Hamsat said that at about 4:30a.m. he called Adebayo on phone
to find out the exact time he will leave but there was no response.
He said he also called both the wife and Waheed and there was no response either before he went to pray.
Hamsat
said after he had finished praying, he decided to go and find out what
was going on in his brother’s house but could not find anybody as the
doors were still locked.
“I
asked one of the neighbours if he had seen my brother and he said he
had not seen him. When I went to the backyard I saw his motorcycle.
I
then called all their lines again and all their phones were ringing
inside the room. That was when I suspected that something had gone
wrong.
I
decided to tear the net of the window and I saw the youngest child
gasping for breath. So, I raised an alarm for people to come and help
me.
Before
we got inside Salim was already dead. We then rushed others to
Happiness Maternity Hospital where they are receiving treatment.’’
The
doctor who is attending to the five patients said he is treating them
for food poisoning, adding that two of the children and Waheed had some
marks on their body like someone who was flogged.
PM News
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