Benue: Strange Disease Kills 4, 15 Hospitalised – Officials - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 30, 2020
Four persons have confirmed dead with fifteen othersseriously sick
following a strange disease recorded at Oye-Obi,in Obi local
government area of Benue State.
The new President of Igede National Youths Council, AndysonEgbodo,
who announced this to newsmen in Makurdi, gavethe names of the
deceased as: Happiness Ogbu, Onah Ogbedu, AndyEdu and Wisdom Agwo.
He added that all victims developed the samesymptoms of headache,
internal heat, diarrhoea, vomiting, stomachache, weakness of the body
and swollen stomach.
Egbodo said that the health authorities in Oju localgovernment area
had been briefed on the development. Heconfirmed that the State
government had dispatched a medical team tohandle the alleged
epidemic.
The State’s Commissioner for Health and HumanServices, Sunday Ongbabo also confirmedthe development, saying the ministry had already dispatched a team of doctors to the affected area to ascertain the
nature of the disease.