Benue state has suspended the eating of rats because of Lassa fever

The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom,

after meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
at the Presidential Villa has asked its people to
suspend eating rats for now in order to curtail
the spread of Lassa Fever in the State.
He made the plea because rat is a popular
delicacy among the people of the state and
because the state has recorded a case of the
fever.