Suspected poisoning kills 24 youths in Ondo community

Tension has heightened successful Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State pursuing the decease of 24 persons, mostly youths, over the weekend from suspected poisoning linked to the depletion of sachet concoctions and locally brewed alcoholic drinks.

The deaths, which occurred crossed Odigbo and Araromi-Obu communities, person prompted the section authorities to enforce an contiguous prohibition connected the merchantability and depletion of locally produced alcoholic beverages with wellness officials scrambling to find the nonstop origin of the fatalities.

Several different victims are presently receiving attraction successful hospitals, with aesculapian unit moving to stabilise those affected by the suspected poisoning.

Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, confirmed the incidental and disclosed that investigations were underway to found the existent origin of the deaths.

The commissioner, however, did not disclose the circumstantial substance suspected to person caused the fatalities, stressing that aesculapian and wellness officials were expected to behaviour further assessments successful the affected communities.

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