Kano State Commissioner of Police, Salma Dogo
Six family members die after eating local delicacy in Kano
No fewer than six family members, a mother, Alhaqatu Abdulkarim and her five children have died after eating local delicacy in Karkari village in Gwarzo Local Government area of Kano State.
It was gathered that the victims were taken to Gwarzo general hospital for abdominal complication treatment were they died within intervals while receiving treatments.
The Ward head of Karkari village, Yakubu Danazumi confirmed this to Vanguard on Sunday in a phone interview.
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Danazumi said, “the incident leading to the death of the six family members happened on Tuesday.
“Two of them died on same day, two others died the following day and the mother on Thursday while the last passed away on Friday.
“We have buried the victims according to Islamic rites and we will observe the seven days prayer for all of them coming Tuesday.
“The father passed away about seven months ago leaving behind the woman and her five children while the second wife had six children.
“So the woman and her five children died after eating the local delicacy,” the ward head, Danazumi however stated.
The deceased were identified as Alhaqatu Abdulkarim 35-year-old (Mother), Usman Abdulkarim (9yrs), Fiddausi Abdulkarim (11yrs), Hafsa Abdulkarim (7yrs), Jamilu Abdulkarim (4yrs) and Bashari Abdulkarim (19yrs).
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