Imo State Police Command has confirmed the death of two actors whose identities were yet to be disclosed in Owerri after taking a rice meal and wine on Friday.
The command’s spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye, said an investigation had begun to unravel how they died after shooting a movie in Owerri, the state capital
Okoye said, “The command is aware of the unfortunate incident of unnatural death. I can confirm that two people were pronounced dead while two were hospitalised.
“The Commissioner of Police for Imo State, CP Aboki Danjuma has directed a pathologist to conduct tests on the two deceased persons to ascertain the cause of their deaths. The results will determine the next line of action on the matter.”
News emerged on Friday night that four actors were rushed to the Federal University Teaching Hospital Owerri during which two were pronounced dead on arrival.
LEADERSHIP Sunday gathered that the two deceased persons (yet to be identified) and others had after shooting a movie, ate rice and drank wine and calypso that was provided by the movie director, during a house party, only to be discovered dead during the wee hours.
A source, Kaito Karisia had said the movie director who provided the rice and drinks was said to have gone to bed early and left the four guys and three ladies partying but woke up early Friday to turn off the generator and return to public power supply only to discover two dead and the other two gasping for breath.
Karisia who notified people about the incident via his Facebook handle said the two other male survivors were responding to treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital Owerri where they were rushed to.
According to him, one of the survivors told him that “Their host (the movie director) offered them rice and everybody ate. He later presented them with a bottle of Calypso and wine but they only took a sip and never drank again. However, the two other guys who are now dead finished the drink.”
LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that the movie director and the three girls in the apartment found with them have all been arrested and answering questions while investigations continue.
Meanwhile, netizens have taken to their social media handles to share the incident even as they called for thorough investigation.
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