Two person has been confirmed dead while two others hospitalised in Isanlu, headquarters of Yagba East local government area of Kogi after drinking self-made concoction.
The four young men, simply identified as Okiribo, Samuel Folorunsho, Shola Pempe and one other, reportedly mixed ‘gegemu’ and ‘obo’ fruits to make concoction on Tuesday evening.
A youth leader in the community, Mr. Ariyo Segun who spoke confirmed that two persons died and others receiving treatment at ECWA hospital in Makutu Isanlu.
He said four persons mixed Jimson weeds and high plum fruits, known in the local parlance as “Gegemu and Obo fruits” and drank it to test their drinking capacity.
“Few minutes after, Okiribo complained of stomach upset and decided to go into the nearby bush to defecate. It was there he died. While Samuel Omo Folorunsho Eleja also complained of same stomach upset and went home where he died.
“The two others were lucky as they were rushed to ECWA hospital, in Makutu Isanlu. It was when Shola Pempe regained consciousness that he narrated what they drank to the people,” he said.
However, the fourth person whose name could not be identified yet was said to have been an indigene of Kwara state who lives in the community.
However, efforts to get reaction from Kogi State Police Command Public Relations Officer SP William Ayah proved abortive as he could not be reached as at press time.