Many customers were reported to have lost their lives Saturday of poison after an eatery operator in Ogoja, Cross River State, allegedly put poison in the food they bought from him.
From information gathered last night, the eatery operator Paul Armond has been arrested by the police and has confessed to the crime. He is still undergoing interrogation as at this morning, we gathered.
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Patrick Ubi, the Medical Superintendent, General Hospital, Ogoja, where the victims were rushed to, said they (the victims) ate from the same source, adding that it was usual for them to do so everyday.
“After about two to three hours or thereabout, 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 rumour, poisoned the customers as a way of getting back at them for an undisclosed reason.
See Image of the Eatery Operator At Police Station Below:
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