Kwara State Govt Confiscates Meats In ‘Mandate Market’ For Laboratory Test Amid Claim Of Poisoned Cow Meat

Top officials of Kwara State Government have confiscated all the suspected meats in Mandate market in Ilorin, the State capital.

The development is said to be part of measures to protect the public amid rumours of poisoned cow meat in the market.

It was learnt that officials and experts including the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Toyosi Thomas-Adebayo, and the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam, arrived at the Market on Sunday, April 21, to monitor the situation.

Others are officials from the Ministry of Environment, including the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency, Mrs Folorunsho Idayat, and officials from the Ministry of Health including the Permanent Secretary, Alhaja Afusat Ibrahim, and the Director of Public Health, Dr. Oluwatosin Fakayode, among others.

In a statement jointly signed by the Commissioners, the government immediately confiscated all the suspected meats for laboratory tests and confirmation of claims after initial engagements with the Mandate Market stakeholders.

“Further information will be given as may become necessary.

“The government urges members of the public to be calm while the team establishes the truth of the rumour of poisoned meat. It also commends leadership of the market for their cooperation so far,” the statement partly reads.