Many customers
were said to have died Saturday after an eatery operator in Ogoja, Cross River
State, allegedly put poison in the food he sold them. The eatery operator, it
was leant, last night, confessed to the crime
The suspect,
Paul Armond, who has been arrested by the police, was said to be undergoing
interrogation. Dr. Patrick Ubi, Medical Superintendent, General Hospital,
Ogoja, where the victims were rushed to, said they ate from the same source,
adding that it was regular for them to do so everyday between 9am and 10 am.
“After two to three hours, those who ate the food started complaining of
abdominal pain; some were vomiting while others were foaming in the mouth”, Ubi
said. The suspect, according to a source, poisoned the customers as a way of
getting back at them for an undisclosed reason.
*Vanguard*
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