Many Dead In Calabar As Eatery Operator Poisons Customers. Photo
Many customers were said to have died
Saturday after an eatery operator in
Ogoja, Cross River State, allegedly put
poison in the food he sold them. The
eatery operator, it was leant, last night,
confessed to the crime.
The suspect, Paul Armond, who has been
arrested by the police, was said to be
undergoing interrogation. Dr. Patrick
Ubi, Medical Superintendent, General
Hospital, Ogoja, where the victims were
rushed to, said they ate from the same
source, adding that it was regular for
them to do so everyday between 9am
and 10 am.
“After two to three hours, 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 a source,
poisoned the customers as a way of
getting back at them for an undisclosed
reason.
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