Three children of the same parents, their grandmother and young relative were found dead in their apartment in Ijaro quarters in Aule in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State yesterday. Also, three members of the family – the husband, Mr Kehinde Ajayi, his wife, Banke and son, Samuel – were in critical conditions at the Specialist Hospital, Akure and the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo.
Although the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Specialist Hospital,
Akure, Dr Ayodele Adeniran Ikuomola, said they suspected food
poisoning, the neighbours said their death was mysterious. They said it
had a spiritual undertone. Those who died, according to the neighbours,
are three children of the family, Banke’s mother and a boy who came to
sit for an examination in the town.
A neighbour, Mr Muyideen Raheem, gave the names of the children as Dara, Michael, Mary and Abigael. Raheem said the husband, Ajayi, his wife and Samuel were found unconscious and were rushed to the hospital. According to him, Ajayi rushed to his house on Saturday June 7, urging him to assist him pray to revive his unconscious children.
He said: “I and another neighbour rushed to his house and we found the children lying weak on the floor and we began to pray till the children woke up. “Ajayi also prayed into water and sprinkled it in the house and on the children and they got up. We thereby advised him to take the children to the hospital for medical attention but he said it was not a matter of hospital, adding that ‘it is well’. “On Sunday, my wife told me Ajayi came to the house to show his appreciation, but in the middle of the night on Tuesday/Wednesday we began to hear shouts.
“When we got to the house, we discovered that the wife’s mum, three of the children and the wife’s nephew who had come to sit for the on-going NECO were already dead while Ajayi, Banke and Samuel were still alive, but unconscious.” Raheem explained that the police came to take the victims to the State Specialist Hospital, while the three surviving ones were rushed to the hospital.
But the CMD explained that five members of the Ajayi family were brought in dead while three were brought into the hospital unconscious. Ikuomola said the husband and the son had been referred to the FMC, Owo while the wife who had regained consciousness and was receiving treatment at the emergency unit of the hospital.
He also explained that the cause of death and ailment was yet to be ascertained but all the symptoms showed that it could be caused by food poisoning. Some of the neighbours said that the family had eaten rice before going to be on Tuesday.
According to others, the family members, who worship at a Cherubim and Seraphim Church, might have tried to go on a spiritual trance which is part of the church’s spiritual rites. Banke was said to be wearing a red garment, said to be meant for a special spiritual trance.
A source said the woman just returned from a seven-day trance before she cooked rice for the family to eat. “It could have been that they had gone on a trance which went wrong,” the source claimed. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Wole Ogodo, said that the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), was investigating the incident.
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A neighbour, Mr Muyideen Raheem, gave the names of the children as Dara, Michael, Mary and Abigael. Raheem said the husband, Ajayi, his wife and Samuel were found unconscious and were rushed to the hospital. According to him, Ajayi rushed to his house on Saturday June 7, urging him to assist him pray to revive his unconscious children.
He said: “I and another neighbour rushed to his house and we found the children lying weak on the floor and we began to pray till the children woke up. “Ajayi also prayed into water and sprinkled it in the house and on the children and they got up. We thereby advised him to take the children to the hospital for medical attention but he said it was not a matter of hospital, adding that ‘it is well’. “On Sunday, my wife told me Ajayi came to the house to show his appreciation, but in the middle of the night on Tuesday/Wednesday we began to hear shouts.
“When we got to the house, we discovered that the wife’s mum, three of the children and the wife’s nephew who had come to sit for the on-going NECO were already dead while Ajayi, Banke and Samuel were still alive, but unconscious.” Raheem explained that the police came to take the victims to the State Specialist Hospital, while the three surviving ones were rushed to the hospital.
But the CMD explained that five members of the Ajayi family were brought in dead while three were brought into the hospital unconscious. Ikuomola said the husband and the son had been referred to the FMC, Owo while the wife who had regained consciousness and was receiving treatment at the emergency unit of the hospital.
He also explained that the cause of death and ailment was yet to be ascertained but all the symptoms showed that it could be caused by food poisoning. Some of the neighbours said that the family had eaten rice before going to be on Tuesday.
According to others, the family members, who worship at a Cherubim and Seraphim Church, might have tried to go on a spiritual trance which is part of the church’s spiritual rites. Banke was said to be wearing a red garment, said to be meant for a special spiritual trance.
A source said the woman just returned from a seven-day trance before she cooked rice for the family to eat. “It could have been that they had gone on a trance which went wrong,” the source claimed. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Wole Ogodo, said that the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), was investigating the incident.
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