Up to three people have been confirmed dead while three others were hospitalised after cholera broke out in the Oke-Gada area in Ede North Local Government Area of Osun State on Monday.
The sudden death of beggars around the area caused confusion as some residents suspected food poisoning.
A resident said, “about 12 beggars have been hospitalised after some of them died. It seems they are poisoned because we have never experienced such an issue in our community before”.
Another resident, named Dare, said, “I got to know about the issue on Monday evening, I learnt that some beggars took food from an unknown person and after that, some are dead while others were hospitalised.”