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Unknown Sickness Claims Four Lives In Benue Community

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4 years ago

January 30, 2020

A strange sickness is said to be ravaging Oye Obi in the Obi Local Government Area of Benue State. Already, it has killed four people in quick succession.

According to ‘Save our Souls’ letter by a group called, Igede National Youths Council, the strange sickness had within the past two weeks killed four people whose names were given asHappiness Ogbu, Onah Ogbedu, Andy Edu and Wisdom Agwo.According to the president-elect of the association, Andyson Egbodo, the victims developed the same symptoms of headache, vomiting, internal heat, stomach ache, weakness of the body and swollen stomach.

“Our investigation reveals that about six more persons as at today, Wednesday, 29 January, 2020 are already down developing the same symptoms, some of them have already been moved to the General Hospital, Oju.

The group called on members of the state assembly, National Assembly, government appointees of Igede extraction in the state or federal governments to help in arresting the ugly development.”