Residents of Ondo State have been alerted to an ongoing distribution of contaminated loaves of bread by persons loyal to the governorship candidate
of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN).
In a statement issued in Akure by the Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation, and signed by Mr. Kayode Fasua, the organisation said the poisoned bread has so far landed many of its consumers in hospitals, with the possibility that some persons had died in the process.
The organisation said microbiologists who had put the poisonous bread to test found that it contained potassium bromide which can result in cancer or cause instant stomach rumbling that can lead to untimely death.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to the circulation of loaves of bread by agents of the APC governorship candidate, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN). Though there is nothing bad in distributing bread more so that under the APC national administration, life has become unbearable for the common people, our major concern now is that the loaves of bread being distributed are killer loaves; they are contaminated.
“Microbiologists have moved in and found that the loaves of bread are poisonous. It was found that they contain potassium bromide, which the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) had long alerted Nigerians to avoid.
“Apart from the fact that this APC bread can cause cancer, it has also resulted in many cases of serious stomach rumbling, which may have by now resulted in some deaths.”
The Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party as such urged residents of the state to reject “the poisonous bread” and instead, advise Akeredolu to state how he is going to create wealth from “a party that has impoverished Nigerians.
“Yes, our people are hungry because of the rudderless policies of the ruling national party; but they should not be made to suffer the double jeopardy of dying from poisoned bread, at a time of serious hunger.”
The Jegede campaign organisation added that its principal, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) long before now, had drawn a blueprint for the socio-economic development of the state, building on the achievements of successive administrations.