Di number of people wey don die from drinking one herbal drink wey dem suspect say get poison for Ondo State don rise to 49, and about 170 people don reportedly catch di health wahala.
Di incident wey dem first report for Araromi-Obu and Odigbo communities for Odigbo Local Government Area don also spread go Irele Local Government Area, where eight deaths don happen.
PUNCH Metro bin earlier report say at least 24 residents of Araromi-Obu and Odigbo confam dead after dem drink di substance.
Di Chairman of Odigbo Local Government Area, Mr Taiwo Adegoroye, bin talk say eight people die for Araromi-Obu while 16 others die for Odigbo.
But di death toll later rise go 27 before e reach 49 as of Wednesday.
Adegoroye talk say di situation don calm down for di affected communities after di state and local government medical teams intervene.
When e talk to our correspondent on phone, di state Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, confam say di number of affected people don increase and talk say di health wahala don reach Irele Local Government Area.
Ajaka talk say eight people don reportedly die for Irele as of Tuesday night.
E talk say, "As we dey now, Irele na where we get serious issue.
Our people bin dey there and many people don die. About eight people dem don record say dem die as of last night.
"So, all di people wey don affected altogether now na about 170, those wey dem don admit and those wey don die."
Di commissioner blame di health wahala on ethanol wey di victims drink, and add say di state government don intensify response to stop di situation from spreading go other local government areas.
