About 10 persons died while 20 others hospitalised after eating a bean soup delicacy, gbegiri, and amala at a burial ceremony in Ede on Sunday.

Investigations by our correspondent showed that the burial ceremony, which involved two families, took place on Obada State.

A relative of a victim, who was simply identified as Akeem, wept uncontrollably when Akeem was confirmed dead in the hospital just as the relatives of a female oil dealer wept inconsolably upon learning about the death of the dealer.

Grieving relatives besieged Prime Hospital, Cottage Hospital and General Hospital, all in Ede, where the victims were rushed to.

Among those confirmed dead were two pregnant women; three young men, three ladies and some children.

Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Adejare Bello, who hails from Ede, said he has mobilised the state Commissioner for Health, Mr Lanre Afolabi, and medical personnel from Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, and General Hospital, Osogbo, to Ede.

Confirming the story, Police Public Relations Officer, Osun State, Mr. Joshua Olayemi, said the police have moved into the town to forestall breakdown of law, following the crisis.

Bello said, “We are doing everything to bring the situation under control. I learnt that five persons have been confirmed dead. I also learnt that the incident occurred as a result of bean soup eaten at the party.

“I suspect that the beans used to make the soup had undergone poisoning from the North, where it was purchased. We don’t want the situation to degenerate.”

Many of the victims, who had left the venue of the ceremony, did not make it to their houses as they slumped along the way.

Speaking under anonymous condition, another indigene of Ede, who was at the party, said he had requested for the soup but was told that it has finished.

He said, “May be I would have been dead by now. I actually requested for the soup but the lady that was serving said it was finished. I had to eat my amala with only ewedu.”

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sure God created man before woman but then again u always make a rough sketch before creatin the final masterpeice....

Jesus!

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Now i know and understand why my mum never eats at parties in 9ja.

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Gbegiri!

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Nah so we see am oh!!!

does it mean that the lady that cooked the gbegiri did not taste her food

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SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO SEE THE PLACE,GOD HAS CALLED YOU AS A PLACE OF BLESSING, BUT THATS WHEN YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD ON AND TRUST THE PROCESS
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oh my goodness, all these things happening in the past few weeks dey fear me oh...make person no dey eat out again? Only God knows what the reason will be for this one now!

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Lawd have mercy.

Olo'un ma ma jeki a shi Amala je ooo! O ma she ooo.

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A case of food poisoning. Perhaps contaminated meat?

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Amin o. Olorun ma jeki a shi gbegiri ati ewedu je na o.

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This story really reminds me of a similar incident that happened where i live in Lagos over 12 yrs ago, when i was still there. Something similar happened to one of my neighbours, Aunty Rashida(olorun a f'orun ke won o). We lived in the same estate, same compound. Gosh, she was so full of life, friendly, the most kind-hearted woman. She worked at National Theatre(during its 'golden yrs'). And she wasn't married and she was my favourite from that family. I think she was in her late 20s or so. She apparently went to a burial ceremony with her mother and they both ate gbegiri with ewedu and amala from the SAME PLATE. By the time they got home, she started complaining of stomach ache, it wasn't even sunrise b4 she gave up the ghost and her mum's still alive till today.

Chaaai, i'll never forget that day. They buried her the same day, according to muslim tradition. They even boiled the water to bath her dead body in my house.

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Nawao but i think that this case should seriously be investigated. Am sure in the bid to cut costs substandard ingredients were used or how do we explain this?

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sure God created man before woman but then again u always make a rough sketch before creatin the final masterpeice....

I had that train of tho'ts as well until I read Simi's post...na wah oh! I don't know man, a lot of weird things happen in life that we cannot explain. But then, on the other hand, I suppose this case is kind'a extreme, cuz it affected 20 odd people

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