Three family members and their maid have last their lives after eating a meal in Ugbo Paul, Abakpa Nike, in Enugu East council area of Enugu State.
It was gathered that only the family’s nine-month-old baby girl survived, Punch reports.
The victims identified as Mr Lawrence Chukwu, his wife, Chizoba; their daughter, Nazareth; and the maid, Ukamaka, passed on after eating a meal suspected to be poisoned.
According to sources, “We woke up on Saturday morning and found the family members struggling for life. We didn’t know what was wrong with them, and they were immediately rushed to the 82 Division Army Hospital. Later that day, their maid died.
“After a series of tests, we learnt that the food they ate before they went to sleep on Friday night was contaminated with a poisonous substance.
“Unfortunately, all efforts to save them failed, as the man and his wife died on Saturday, and on Tuesday morning, their two-year-old daughter equally died.”
Confirming the incident, the Mother of late Chizoba, Mrs Elizabeth Nwankwo, said, “So when I got there, I saw my daughter and her husband lying speechless. I took the remains of the house help to her parents for burial, and before I came back, my daughter and her husband had equally died. This morning (Tuesday), their two-year-old daughter that I was hoping would survive died.”
She stated that the remains of her grandchild had been taken to her home town in Ameta Mgbo, in the Awgu LGA of Enugu State for burial, while the bodies of the couple had been deposited in a morgue.
