From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State
A community Leader in Daba Village, Abubakar Suleiman has cried out for urgent intervention by the Kogi State Government over suspected cholera outbreak in his community resulting to the killing of four persons at the moment.
It was gathered that the outbreak happened in Daba, an agrarian community in Kupa South, under Lokoja Local Government of Kogi State.
It was further learnt that some persons in the community are currently suffering from the ailment.
Abubakar Suleiman, told Our Correspondent on Thursday that the community which has about 200 population don’t have access to good portable water.
“As at Wednesday, four persons have been confirmed dead in my community due to Cholera outbreak. This happened because my community could not access good portable water. We are using this medium to call on the government to do something before more lives will be lost” he added.
Suleiman averred that a similar outbreak had occurred in Tsanawa community about a month ago killing three people.
He however, explained that the environment health officer of Daba community, Mr Mohammed Bochi has been informed of the recent outbreak in his community.
When contacted, the environment health officer of Daba community Mr Mohammed Bochi said he is not in position to talk about the outbreak referring our correspondent to contact the management of Lokoja Local Government Area.
The Kogi State Commissioner For Health Dr Saka Haruna Audu could not be reached as at the time of filing this report as calls and messages put across to his phone line was not reachable.
