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Tragedy struck yesterday in Umueze – Egbelu Nguru Community in Ngor-Opkala Local Government Area of Imo State when a middle-aged widow, Mrs. Gladys Nwosu, and three of her daughters died after eating dinner.
The three deceased girls are Chinelo, a 22-year-old final year student of the University of Nigeria, Amaka, a primary school pupil and Ijeoma, who has just sat for her Senior Secondary School examinations.
Two other children of the late Mrs. Nwosu, Njideka 18 and Chidera 20, who also partook in the dinner, are now lying critically ill at Umunaeke General Hospital, where the deceased have also been deposited in the mortuary.
Saturday Mirror gathered that after eating their dinner on Thursday May30, 2013, the family woke up the following morning complaining of stomach ache.
They were rushed to the hospital where the widow and her daughters gave up the ghost.
According to a community leader, Mr. Patrick Okere, who witnessed the tragedy the late Mrs. Nwosu and her children were first to taken to their church for prayers because they suspected they were going through a spiritual attack.
While they were at the church, however, the situation worsened.
When it was getting out of control, they were moved to the General Hospital where they later died.
When Saturday Mirror visited the bereaved family, one Mr. John Okere was said to have gone to the police station at Umuneke to report the case.
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