Following Tuesday’s reported case of food prepared with poisonous substance, killing 24 members of a family in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, President of the Advisory Board of The DEFENDER Newspaper Nigeria, AIG Mu’azu Idris Hadejia (Rtd), has sympathized with leadership of the state, particularly Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Sultan of Sokoto Dr. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, and the entire people of Isa community.
The media organization chief, praying for the repose of the deceased family members in al-jannah, urged that people should seek proper explanation before using any item considered to be food material before consumption.
“It is unfortunate that fertilizer meant to be used for growing crops in the farm would be used to prepare food that a whole household would consume. These are sad and very painful, avoidable losses but from Allah we come, all of us, and unto him is our return. May He please save us from calamity of this nature again, Amiin,” AIG Hadejia said in a statement issued in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Wednesday.
The DEFENDER and ASHE News had earlier reported that food poisoning killed 24 people in a single household in Danzanke village of Bargaja ward, Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
They relayed a statement by the Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr Ali Inname, disclosing that members of the household used fertilizer type known as “Gishirin Lalle in Hausa”, as seasoning in cooking food, instead of common salt.
“Regrettably, the entire family who had the meal lost their lives, except two female members, who merely tested the food and are currently responding to treatment, with very good chance of survival.
“Attempts to save the lives of all the affected people by providing the needed medical care, proved abortive,” Inname stated.
The Commissioner warned the general public to “learn from this incidence and always be cautious, in order to prevent such reoccurrence in their families, as now experienced in Sokoto state and Zamfara earlier in the year.
“It is very important for the public to know that this incidence though preventable and not contagious, is extremely fatal even with best of medical attention and care,” he further stated, according to the reports.
