A middle aged man identified as “Uncle Light” and his son identified as Miracle have allegedly died of food poisoning after Ebebe Junction in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
Our correspondent gathered that the man moved in with the woman after she allegedly divorced her husband last year.
When our correspondent visited the scene of the ugly incident, he saw the two bodies lying down unconsciously.
According to a resident of the area who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said they are suspecting a case of food poisoning.
“Since the incident happened, we haven’t seen the woman. She left early in the morning with her baby while abandoning these ones here. We don’t know what they ate that made them to start vomiting.”
“The man is lying inside n@ked while you can see the son lying down at gate. We need help for them to be evacuated to the hospital before they will start smelling”.
When our correspondent contacted the Police Public Relations, Ebonyi State Command, Mr Joshua Ukandu, he said he is not aware of the incident and promised to mobilize his men to the area to ascertain what happened.
Our correspondent, however, waited for an hour before the Police finally arrived at the scene of the incident with a man who claimed to be the brother of the woman alleged to have poisoned the man.
He, however, claimed that his sister is also sick and being treated though she is already in Police custody.
Another resident of the area who spoke with our correspondent also on the condition of anonymity said he heard a loud voice at the middle of the night.
“I heard a loud voice at the middle of the night and I told my wife that something is happening in our neighbourhood”.
” At a point, we thought that’s it’s church people doing their program that are making the noise. It is early this morning that we saw the son struggling and wrangling in pain and came outside the gate.”
“He was crying for water. A friend provided him with water and before he suddenly died. We are suspecting Diarrhoea but it’s for autopsy to confirm what killed him”.
As at the time of filing this report, the two bodies have been evacuated by the police.
