Victor Hounkpe and David Amusu, two cooks from Benin Republic have been arrested by the police for poisoning their employers.
According to Punch, the employers, Mr. Nwogu Chinaka, and his wife, Omowunmi, had to be transferred to a hospital outside the country after consuming the poisoned food.
The couples who live in Lekki were not the only ones that ate the food. It was gathered that the domestic staffs and the security guards also had to be rushed to the hospital after they became unconscious.
The incidence happened on April 2 at around 5pm when one of the cook, Hounkpe cooked a vegetable soup that every member of the household ate including the staffs.
The husband was the first to develop stomach ache and was rushed to the hospital by his wife when he collapsed. The wife also collapsed at the hospital gate too.
After the other members of the staff also collapsed too, the two cooks were said to have fled.
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