There was confusion in Ilorin over the weekend following alleged sale of poisoned cow meat for sale at the Mandate Market.
It was reported that 33 cows suspected to have been poisoned were butchered and brought to the market to sold to unsuspecting members of the public.
According to statement made available to the media Sunday, the Kwara Monitoring Group Urged the Kwara government to take action to avoid people buying the contaminated beef.
“Over 33 cows were suspected to be poisoned and died immediately but surprisingly, the dead animals were slaughtered and distributed out to butchers to be sold,” Kwara Monitoring Group.
“It happened along Atere Road (that leads to Al Hikma campus) right inside College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ilorin.
“It is our prayer that the concerned ministry and agency take appropriate action as nobody knows whose family the poisoned meat could be sold out to in the market.”
The Kwara state Government responded saying an investigation is on-going.
“Kwara govt team arrives Mandate market, confiscates suspected beef” jointly respectively, said that the government team had gone to the said market to confiscate the alleged poisoned meat.
“Kwara State Government officials and experts have arrived at the Mandate Market in Ilorin to activate measures to protect the public amid rumours of poisoned cow meat,” said a signed by the Health commissioner Amina El-Imam and commissioner for Agriculture, Toyosi Thomas Adebayo.
“The government has immediately confiscated all the suspected meats for laboratory tests and confirmation of claims after initial engagements with the Mandate Market stakeholders.
“Further information will be given as may become necessary.
“The government urges members of the public to be calm while the team establishes the truth of the rumour of poisoned meat. It also commends leadership of the market for their cooperation so far. members of the public to be calm.”
