Two persons have died and 17 more hospitalised after eating food served at a wedding in Katsina suspected to have been poisoned.
The deceased are 20-year-old Bilkisu Surajo, and Ibrahim Sani, aged 13, both of neighbouring Niger Republic.
The spokesman of the Police command in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah said already two prime suspects have been arrested.
A police report said a 25-year-old man, Musa Suleiman, conspired with Shafa’atu Sirajo, aged 20, to administer a noxious substance, known in Hausa as Zaqami, in food to be served to guests at a wedding.
Both reside at the same address in Ali Yaba village of Mani council area of Katsina.
They have been arrested and confessed to being responsible.
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