FOUR persons have died and 15 others are seriously ill from a strange disease in Oye-Obi, a community in Obi Local Government Area of Benue State.
President of Igede National Youths Council, Andyson Egbodo, told reporters in Makurdi that the dead were Happiness Ogbu, Onah Ogbedu, Andy Edu and Wisdom Agwo.
“Our investigation reveals that about 15 persons as at January 29 were down with the same symptoms, some of them have already been moved to the General Hospital, Oju,” he said. Commissioner for Health, Ahmed Yahaya, at a briefing in Lafia, said all the 13 local government areas of the state were affected.
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