SEE Complete Ogogoro Death Toll

The Rivers state government had liaised with the relevant stakeholders, especially dealers of the local gin, to educate and enlighten the people on current happenings concerning poisoned ogogoro

The Rivers state government published updated statistics on poisoned ogogoro gin casualties. It turned out that only one in every ten people who took poisoned ogogoro gin, could survive.

The Rivers state government published updated statistics on poisoned ogogoro gin casualties. It turned out that only one in every ten people who took poisoned ogogoro gin, could survive.
Figures of casualties, poisoned by ogogoro gin in Rivers state, are impressive. Statistics, published by the state government, has shown that only one in every ten people, who were unlucky enough to consume the poisoned ogogoro gin, survived.

In total, 70 out of the 80 people who were unlucky enough to take local alcohol beverage known as ogogoro, have died. Besides that, two of ten survivors have lost their sight partly.

The incidents of ogogoro poisoning took place in the communities of Woji and Gokana in the Rivers state. Government officials informed the public that no new cases of ogogoro poisoning have been registered since that.

It was reported earlier that the death toll from the consumption of adulterated local gin popularly known as ogogoro in Rivers state has risen to sixty-six.

Shocking details of their last hours point out deadly methanol as the most possible cause of their death. Unfortunately, few people knew what could have been done to treat the methanol poisoning and save their lives.

Following the mysterious deaths in Bonny Island, Bonny, and Woji in Obio Akpor local government areas, the Rivers state governments had banned the consumption of local gin popularly called ogogoro or kai-kai.

The Nigerian Federal Government has declared the consumption of local gin popularly known as ogogoro illegal.

FG were forced to ban the local gin after reports surfaced of the deaths of quite a number of people after consuming the alcoholic drink.

Nevertheless, local producers of gin commonly called ogogoro have kicked against the planned ban on consumption of the product by the Federal Government.