IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A man named Alhaji Umaru Danbaba Kaura Yabo, has lost seven members of his family to alleged food poisoning at Kaura village of Yabo local government area of Sokoto state.
Danbaba who is the head of the family and only surviving member said his two wives and 5 children died on Tuesday morning, after eating leftover food prepared the previous night as breakfast.
Eyewitness revealed that seven members of his family died in the early hours of Tuesday after eating locally made Couscous popularly known as (Dambu) in Hausa.
While expressing sorrow and sadness over the untimely death of his family members, Umaru Danbaba Kaura Yabo said one of his wives on Monday night prepared the meal and served dinner to the family without any course for alarm.
He said the following day they warmed the remnant of the same food and served which resulted in their death.
The chairman of Yabo local government council, Alhaji Halliru Abubakar Kilgore confirmed the incident and urged residents to be cautious of eating leftover food not carefully preserved.
He further advised people of the area to exhibit the good habit of foodstuff preservation and storage.
He said the corpses of the deceased victims would undergo an autopsy at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto to ascertain the actual cause of their death before their burial right.