Dog Meat, Ogogoro Consumption Kill 32, Rivers Govt Place Ban
Rivers State government has banned the consumption of local gin popularly
called Ogogoro, following the death of about 32 persons, 15 from Bonny
Island and Woji in Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, and the reported
death of another 11 persons in Gokana Local Government Area, which
included seven male and four females.
The ban by government was due to the increasing death toll from
consumption of the alcoholic liquor and dog meat delicacy alleged to
contain poisonous ethanol, which now stand at 32.
Five persons reportedly died in Woji area of Obio/ Akpor after consuming
the local gin, although Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for Rivers
State Police Command, Ahmad Mohammad, said only one death was recorded.
Rivers State government through the Department of Disease Control said the
ban had become necessary to forestall further consumption of the toxic
substance. Director of Disease Control in the state's Ministry of Health,
Dr. Roland Obed Whyte, who disclosed this, however, expressed concern over
difficulty in getting samples of the particular gin popularly called
Ogogoro or Kai-kai for thorough clinical analysis.
Why he explained that irate youths of Woji had set ablaze the shop of
Friday Dickson, (aka Etiaba) where the suspected toxic gin was bought and
consumed, erasing any samples of the gin, while the latter was currently
in police custody.
He, however, said health officials from the ministry have been dispatched
to Woji for house-to-house enlightenment on the dangers in consumption of
'highly toxic' local gin.
He said preliminary findings revealed that some of symptoms found in the
affected victims, includes vomiting and blindness.
In Bonny Island, a youth leader and spokesman for Bonny kingdom, Sunday
Wilcox, confirmed on Thursday that the death of 17 persons after the
consumption of the toxic local brew popularly kai-kai imported into the
Island. “
“As I speak with you, 17 persons have been confirmed dead. We are going to
the hospital to attend to those who are critically lying ill. We need the
help of World Health Organisation, WHO, Federal and government agencies to
assist people of Bonny kingdom,” he said.
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