No fewer than six people have been reported dead and over 60 hospitalized in Amegu village, Ede-Oballa in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State following an alleged poisoning of pork meat they took at a funeral ceremony.
According to reports from Ede-Oballa, more than 60 guests developed severe stomach problems after the funereal ceremony, prompting their immediate hospitalization. Investigation by Sunday Sun showed that all the popular hospitals in the university town of Nsukka including the Catholic Mission- owned Bishop Shanahan have been flooded with the victims who were said to be in critical conditions. A woman was said to be the first casualty of the meat poisoning followed by three girls while it was feared that two others who are not natives of the community also died.
It was gathered that a pig farmer who sold the infected animal to a woman (name withheld) who hosted the funeral, was in police net. Hospital sources expressed apprehension over the survival of the victims, saying they ought to have been rushed to the hospital same night. “In a situation like this, victims should be rushed to the hospital promptly for early stomach wash”, said a hospital source. The source however said frantic efforts are being made to save the lives of the victims Another reliable source suspected that guests at the funeral might have been served the meat of a dead pig injected by a veterinary doctor.
The source said the owner of the pig (name withheld) had lied to the woman that the pig fell into a ditch. Apparently due to the intimidating size of the pig and its relative cheapness, the woman quickly entered a bargain and bought the meat not knowing it was sick and had been treated recently by a veterinary doctor who also advised that in the event of its death, the animal should be buried. A source quoted the doctor who has been quizzed by the police as saying that he advised the pig farmer to bury the animal if it died within three weeks of the injection.
The tragic incident has caused tension in Nsukka zone where pigs are used at funeral ceremonies as an imperative and status symbol. It was gathered that since the incident, guests at burial ceremonies in the area have been avoiding pork. This has created problems for pig farmers who have lost patronage due to the tragedy.
Our reporter could not reach the veterinary doctor at the time of filing this report. A senior police officer attached to the Nsukka Urban Police Command said that some of the guests and the pig farmer were helping the police in their investigation.
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Igbo people... Chai... Dis igbos and money... Self centered, selfish creatures
ReplyDeleteLike U̶̲̥̅̊ don't have selfish,greedy pple where ever ur from, this is no time to bleam. pray for total healing for the victims.the high we stop generalization in this country it will go A long way to slove half of our problem
DeleteThis is strange
ReplyDeleteD pig seller needs 2 b floged n tortured, 4 sellin d dead pig 2 d woman! Tout
ReplyDeleteFirst anonymous, you should have said "HUMAN BEINGS!"
ReplyDeleteI can easily call you a bloody yoruba, hausa or whatever and make a stereotypical comment like yours.
Most of us have had bad experiences from people of other tribes based on issues of money and so on but it does not make one tribe better or worse than the other.
Greed, selfishness, and all kinds of evil are not peculiar to a race, colour,gender or tribe. And just as this is the case, a person/people can still be selfless, kind, loving, humble and honest irrespective of race, colour, gender or tribe.
That socalled selfish and self-centered creature may save your life or that of your loved one some day.
Wishing you all the best!
How comes the woman did not suffer the same fate? Hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteHow comes the woman did not suffer the same fate? Hmmmmm
ReplyDeletehow are we sure this is not another form of ogwu ego? The more the death the more the money.My ppl pls beware of what u eat at social gatherings. May their soul rest in peace. And for the hospitalized ones i pray they survive it.
ReplyDeleteDoes it mean the purchaser of the pig didn't eat the pork or what? How come nothing happened to her? Na wao!
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous 2,
ReplyDeleteThe Nigerians peculiarly known for Greed, selfishness, and all kinds of evil are the Igbos.
Maybe it's in their genetic code! Immediately l saw the headlines, without much ado, l guessed it happened in the East, and was I right?
Nevertheless, I have nothing against this tribe... I have grown to understand that the Igbo man will do absolutely anything for money. This has been proven over and over again. I hope it is not a curse!