A suspected case of food poisoning has left a family in Kwahu Atibie, Eastern Region, devastated, claiming the lives of a popular food vendor and her two-year-old son, while two other relatives remain in critical condition, according to a myjoyonline.com report.
The deceased woman, identified only as Taanii, was known in Mpraeso for selling fufu.
According to reports, she and her family were found unresponsive in their home on Sunday morning, August 31, 2025, prompting an immediate police investigation.
The family's landlord, Osarfo Wiafe Emmanuel, was the first to raise the alarm after noticing that none of the family members had woken up as usual. "A day before the incident, the family went to sell their food and came back peacefully.
