The incident was said to have occurred at Oshin Area along Asa-Dam road in Ilorin metropolis.The father of the children is popularly known as Alfa Ahmad.
Reports said while the first born of the family, Abibat, was the first to die, the mother and two other children died at the early hours of Monday.
The other two deceased kids were identified as Zainab and Abdulfatah.
A source close to the family said, “they all ate rice on Saturday morning and after eating the parent went out and returned home in the evening.
“When they came back, the first born was the one that started feeling weak and was rushed to hospital but she died in the hospital only for the parent to get back home at that midnight, they met other two children vomiting and they were also rushed to hospital at that midnight of Saturday, on Sunday afternoon the mother was rushed to hospital too.
“Both of them, the mother and the remaining two kids died midnight of Monday 19th August, 2024.
“They died at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), and their corpses were brought home. We are preparing for their burial at the Muslims Cemetry, Ilorin, but their father is still in the hospital receiving treatment,” the family source added.
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