The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the death of two yet-to-be-identified actors in Owerri, the state capital after eating rice and drinking wine on Friday.
Police Public Relations Officer for Imo State Command, DSP Henry Okoye said investigations had begun to unravel how the two actors died.
Confirming the incident, Okoye said, “Yes, the Command is aware of the unfortunate incident of unnatural death. I can confirm that two people were pronounced dead while two were hospitalised.
“As I speak with you, the Commissioner of Police for Imo State, CP Aboki Danjuma has directed the 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”, Okoye said.
News broke out on Friday night that four actors were rushed to the Federal University Teaching Hospital Owerri during which two were pronounced dead on arrival.
It was gathered that the two deceased persons and others had after shooting a movie, ate rice and drank wine that was provided by the unnamed movie director, during a house party.
Two of them were discovered dead in the wee hours of Friday.
A source, Kaito Karisia had said the movie director who provided the meal and drinks was said to have gone to bed early, leaving the four actors and three ladies partying.
He, however, woke up in the early hours of Friday to turn off power generator and return to public power supply to discover the two already dead and the other two gasping for their lives.
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”.
The movie director and the three girls in the apartment have been arrested and answering questions, while investigation continues.
