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.