Source: www.punchng.com - Saturday, April 18, 2015
Despite the hue and cry over recent deaths in Ode-Irele in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State, residents carry on without care, write FEMI MAKINDE and GBENGA ADENIJI Motorists irritatingly blared horns, shops opened for sales, children ran gaily on the streets, relaxation joints were filled to the brim and soothing music filtered loudly from speakers in halls where ceremonies held. The above scenario captured activities in Irele, a town in Ondo State when our correspondents arrived the place on Saturday. It looked as if it was not the town in the news lately where scores of lives were reportedly lost to unknown ailment in the past few days. With caution, our correspondents approached some of the residents, keeping measured distances as directions were sought to areas. This was expected especially as the ailment, which had reportedly killed 17 male adults, exhibited symptoms such as headache, blurred vision and sudden death. Most of the residents were not unaware of the magnitude of the issue at hand. In fact, one of them laughed heartily when he learnt that the belief was that the ailment could have afflicted many of the inhabitants. “We are fine here. Nothing is wrong with us,” he said. Another resident, Mr. Jobi Enimade, said he was not bothered by the stories flying around about the deaths in the town. He said, “We heard many of the stories regarding the development. People need to come to Irele to see things. As you ca
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Despite the hue and cry over recent deaths in Ode-Irele in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State, residents carry on without care, write FEMI MAKINDE and GBENGA ADENIJI Motorists irritatingly blared horns, shops opened for sales, children ran gaily on the streets, relaxation joints were filled to the brim and soothing music filtered loudly from speakers in halls where ceremonies held. The above scenario captured activities in Irele, a town in Ondo State when our correspondents arrived the place on Saturday. It looked as if it was not the town in the news lately where scores of lives were reportedly lost to unknown ailment in the past few days. With caution, our correspondents approached some of the residents, keeping measured distances as directions were sought to areas. This was expected especially as the ailment, which had reportedly killed 17 male adults, exhibited symptoms such as headache, blurred vision and sudden death. Most of the residents were not unaware of the magnitude of the issue at hand. In fact, one of them laughed heartily when he learnt that the belief was that the ailment could have afflicted many of the inhabitants. “We are fine here. Nothing is wrong with us,” he said. Another resident, Mr. Jobi Enimade, said he was not bothered by the stories flying around about the deaths in the town. He said, “We heard many of the stories regarding the development. People need to come to Irele to see things. As you cafrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1JUalTL
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