Six cousins have died after eating poisoned cucumber unknowingly given to them by their grandmother in remote village of Amana in Becheve ward of Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State.
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The victims’ grandmother also died of shock after her six grandchildren died after the other.
The report named all the deceased as eight-year-old Desmond Achia, 16-year-old Sonia Olia, John Agbor (15), Grace Apuwe (15), Happiness Akor (eight), Kenneth Isheli (10) and their 65-year-old grandmother, Susan Agbor, who collapsed and died upon hearing about the shocking news.
It was said that Agbor was not at home as at the time the children were dying after the other, and slumped to death when she returned and was greeted with the sad news.
