Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki
A middle aged man identified as “Uncle Light,” and his son identified as Miracle, have allegedly died of food poisoning in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
The incident happened at their residence located at Ebebe Junction in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
Some residents said they are suspecting the girlfriend who had recently moved in with the man after allegedly divorcing her husband last year, of being responsible.
When our our Reporter visited the scene of the ugly incident, the two bodies of the man and his son were lying down.
A resident of the area who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said they are suspecting a case of food poisoning.
He said: “Since the incident happened, we haven’t seen the woman. She left early in the morning with her baby while abandoning these ones here. We don’t know what they ate that made them to start vomiting.”
“The man is lying inside naked while you can see the son lying down at the gate. We need help for the them to be evacuated to the hospital before they will start smelling.”
Another resident of the area who spoke with our Correspondent also on the condition of anonymity said he heard a loud voice in the middle of the night.
“I heard a loud voice in the middle of the night and I told my wife that something is happening in our neighbourhood.”
”At a point, we thought that it is church people doing their programme that are making the noise. It is early this morning that we saw the son struggling and wrigling in pain and came outside the gate.”
“He was crying for water. A friend provided him with water before he suddenly died. We are suspecting Diarrhoea but it is for autopsy to confirm what killed him,” the source said.
The Police later arrived at the scene of the incident with a man who claimed to be the brother of the girlfriend suspected to have poisoned the man.
The man who refused to give his name or that of his sister, however, claimed that his sister is also sick and being treated though she is already in Police custody.
Police spokesperson in Ebonyi, Mr Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident.
He said the Police have evacuated the remains of the two dead persons to the hospital and have comemnced an investigative.
“I am aware of it. We sent our officers to the area who assisted in evacuating the bodies. We have launched an investigation to ascertain what happened,” he said.
