Two guests have reportedly died and eight others hospitalized after drinking a local tea at a wedding ceremony in Kano State.
The ill-fated wedding ceremony was reportedly held at the weekend in Sheka, Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Ward Head of the area, Usman Musa Zakari, said that victims with others in attendance at the event consumed tea prepared with a local leaf known as Zakami.
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, Mubarak Bala aka Diga and Ibrahim Khalil, died and eight others were hospitalised. There are different versions of the stories being peddled. It is not true that seven or more.
“But I delegated persons to go on a fact-finding mission. And what we gathered was that only two persons lost their lives.
“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.”
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Kano State Police Command, Abdullahi Haruna, said he was not aware of the incident but promised to make an enquiry about it and brief the newsmen.
