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Nigeria: Unidentified illness kills 3 in Sokoto

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
Mysterious illness kills 3 in Sokoto Published 4 hours ago on November 15, 2017By Opemipo Adeniyi

At least three people including two students, has been confirmed dead by the Sokoto State government following a strange illness that occurred in two neighbouring houses at Mabera in the state.

Naija news learnt that a mechanic and father of five, one Malam Abdullahi Lawal, 58, died as a result of severe headache, convulsion and bleeding from the eye on Nov. 11.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two students, who were neighbours to the deceased, Bello Aminu, 15, and Nasiru Kamba, 14 also died after at Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital in Sokoto on Monday after exhibiting similar symptoms.

Addressing newsmen on Wednesday, the Deputy Director Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, Alhaji Abbas Aliyu, confirmed the three deaths noting that preliminary investigation conducted by some doctors, suspected malaria as the cause for the deaths.
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https://www.naijanews.com/gist/31097-mysterious-illness-kills-3-sokoto
 
They said something similar happened last year and it was diagnosed as viral haemorrhage fever..
 
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