bola Scare : Five Die After Eating Dog Meat In Cross River
According to
reports, five persons, a man, two of his children and two others were
confirmed dead on Friday in the village of Uchenyim, Wanikade,North
Ukelle in Northern Cross River State after eating the meat of a dog.
Reports from the
area said the dog was fond of eating the eggs laid by native chicken in
the Odareko-Uchenyim village and one of the villagers allegedly laced
the eggs laid by his chicken with gamalin 20 insecticide and as
expected, “the dog ate the eggs and fell ill and when it was about to
die the owner quickly killed and prepared it into a delicacy which he,
his family consumed with some neigbours”. Ugbem Onawo, a villager
narrated to newsmen.
The man and his two
children and the two others who died, according to the report also ate
the intestines of the dog where incidentally the poison from the gamalin
20 is lodged leading to their taking ill and dying . “After the man
shared the intestines among his children and the two neighbours and they
ate death came calling and they all died though at different times,
which made some villager wrongly suspect the deadly ebola virus.
