A cholera outbreak in the Apaogbozu hamlet of Apa, in Benue State’s Ado Local Government Area, has killed eleven people and left six others in serious condition.
Dr. Perpetual Okafor, the immediate past secretary of the Ado Local Government Council and a native of the area, told reporters in Makurdi about this.
According to her, the outbreak was reported about four days prior.
Okafor stated that the cholera outbreak had killed eleven individuals and left around six in serious condition.
“The first day that the cholera outbreak occurred, three deaths were recorded. Yesterday, about four persons also died and today, this evening, we have lost four persons again.
“As I speak with you, six others who went for church service yesterday were caught in the web.
“They are right inside the church; nobody is there to help us remove them. I had wanted to enter the church but I couldn’t. It was an emergency situation. Our people are dying seriously.
“We wanted to hire private medical personnel to assist us in treating the remaining affected victims who are in critical condition, but we couldn’t because the resources is not there. We have nobody to assist our people.
Meanwhile, Dr Yanmar Ortese, the Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, verified the situation but declined to provide the number of casualties reported thus far.
