After drinking of tea at Kano wedding, two died , eight hospitalized

A tea prepared with local leaf popularly called Zakami  has allegedly killed two person who drank it at a wedding held over the weekend at Sheka, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State.

Ward Head of the area, Malam Usman Musa Zakari confirmed this to journalists on Wednesday.

However , this was contrary to unconfirmed reports that put the figure of persons who lost their lives at seven or more.

Malam Zakari gave names of the two victims who lost their lives as Mubarak Bala, also known as Diga, and Ibrahim Khalil.

He said, “it is true that the incident happened when the persons drank from a tea prepared with a local leaf called Zakami and a combination of other drugs.

“Two persons died and eight others were hospitalized, there are different versions of the stories being peddled, ‘’ Zakari said.

“But I delegated persons to go on a fact-finding mission. And what we gathered was that only two persons lost their lives.

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“Someone told me four persons lost their lives and I asked him to take me to the houses but he later told me that the figure was hearsay. So it is not true.

“Some also said seven died and that others were missing. All these are not true. Nobody is missing. They are not even strangers, as they are from across the streets nearby.

“There are other eight persons who were hospitalised after drinking from the tea but they have all been discharged and going about with their day-to-day activities,” Zakari stated.

When contacted, the spokesperson of the Kano State Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna, said no formal report was made, but promised to make enquiry and update the media.