Five members of the same family in Ila Odo, a border community in Odo Otin Local Government Area of Ondo state died under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday, witnesses confirm. According to sources in the town, the deceased were members of one Idowu family in the town which is located along Osogbo/Ilorin road. The deceased persons included the head of the family, identified as Akanbi Idowu, his second wife, his son and two grand children.
According to reports, the family all ate the same dinner on Monday night and started having severe stomach pains almost immediately after the meal. They were said to have also developed other symptoms of illness.
Confident that their condition would get better, the source added,“they didn't bother to seek any medical attention; only for three of them to die in the night before daybreak.”
It was the news of the sudden death of the trio that woke the community from sleep amid confusion and worries. By the evening of the same day, two members of the family also died, fueling speculations of an outbreak of epidemic or mysterious disease in the town.
However, some sympathizers insinuated food poisoning though they could not confirm the meal the victims ate before death came calling in the night.
The source added that the grand children that later died on Tuesday were in bad condition and could not actually explain the meal they ate the previous night before they too gave up the ghost.
This is not the only mysterious disease to mysteriously kill people in the south-west recently. In Ondo state, a mysterious ailment also claimed the lives of at least 25 people in the last week though it has been confirmed by Ondo state Governor, Olusegun Mimmiko that the disease was caused by ethanol poisoning.
The disease in Ondo state has been contained and no deaths have been reported lately. As at press time, the Osun state government has yet to issue a statement on the deaths of the five family members.
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