Wall Gecko has mysteriously sent members of a family of six to early graves in Mowe community of Obafemi Owode LGA, Ogun state, Theliberationnews reports
According to reports, the victims, identified as Adeleke John Samuel, a chartered accountant, his wife, Pamela Adeleke, their two children and two other relatives, were discovered dead in the early hours of Friday.
The sad event was discovered when Lawal Ojo, their gateman, suspected the unusual quietness in the house at full break of day.
“He alerted the neighbours who broke into the house only to discover the bodies of the victims in different rooms,” the report said.
“They were all in the sleeping posture, the source said, indicating that they probably passed on in their sleep.”
According to the report, Ifenatuora Ijeoma, an eyewitness, said the poison might have been ingested in the course of the family’s dinner the night before.
She added that during a close inspection of the kitchen a dead wall gecko was discovered inside a pot of soup by one of the neighbours.
A fact check by Africa Check in 2019 revealed that wall geckos are not deadly or poisonous. Experts said wall gecko carries a lot of bacteria, but “one wouldn’t automatically die just because it fell into the food one is eating”.
