Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Dozens killed by moonshine in southern Nigeria
The Associated PressJune 12, 2015
WARRI, NIGERIA ? Dozens of people in southern Nigeria are dying of poisoning from possibly adulterated home-brewed alcohol, health officials said Friday, days after they banned the moonshine.
Sixty-eight people have died since May 31, Dr. Simeon Ibufubara Manuel of Rivers State Health Ministry told The Associated Press. Thirty-eight had died before officials on Tuesday banned the distillation and consumption of the brew, called ogogoro or home-made gin.
It is made from the sap of palm trees, just like palm wine, but usually is adulterated with ethanol that can raise alcohol levels to as much as 60 percent. Health officials say hundreds of people are killed by such brews every year.
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Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2015/06/12/6273328_dozens-killed-by-moonshine-in.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
The Associated PressJune 12, 2015
WARRI, NIGERIA ? Dozens of people in southern Nigeria are dying of poisoning from possibly adulterated home-brewed alcohol, health officials said Friday, days after they banned the moonshine.
Sixty-eight people have died since May 31, Dr. Simeon Ibufubara Manuel of Rivers State Health Ministry told The Associated Press. Thirty-eight had died before officials on Tuesday banned the distillation and consumption of the brew, called ogogoro or home-made gin.
It is made from the sap of palm trees, just like palm wine, but usually is adulterated with ethanol that can raise alcohol levels to as much as 60 percent. Health officials say hundreds of people are killed by such brews every year.
...
Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2015/06/12/6273328_dozens-killed-by-moonshine-in.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy