Two communities namely Ariku and Lagun in Lagelu Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo state have been stricken with strange disease ravaging residents.
Already, no fewer than 11 persons have died from the said disease initially perceived to be Cholera .
The caretaker chairman of the LGA, Mr Kelani Abdullahi, said that the strange disease has resulted in the death of 11 persons with five others currently in hospital while another four have been discharged from hospital.
Abdullahi said the local government investigation has shown that the disease might be a result of lack of access to clean and potable water by the affected persons in their various communities.
Also, the Oyo state Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashiru Bello, disclosed that the tests carried out on the affected persons were still premature as the samples collected from them have not confirmed the sickness to be cholera.
Dr Bello said the surveillance and health officers sent to the local government to take samples and assess the situation reported the poor unhygienic and dirty environment where the victims reside.
The Commissioner then urged the people of the two villages and other parts of the state to be calm, as the state government is on top of the situation.
Also, persons have so far died following an outbreak of a strange disease in a community called Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue state.
A statement issued Tuesday, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Sir Andrew Amee for the Commissioner, revealed that one case was brought to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi by a relative of the patient, while others are receiving treatment in different hospitals.
According to him, symptoms of the illness were observed to include fever, abdominal pain and general body weakness, while some stool and vomit with tinges of blood.
He advise the people of Ogbadibo and its environs to maintain good hygiene practices and report anyone with the said symptoms to the Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers in the local government area, or call the Benue Emergency Operations Centre on, 09010999920, 09010999919
Whatapp, SMS 08123135458.