Mushrooms .

Mushrooms are fungi, at the thought of fungi, I'm sure you know that doesn't sound really nice. There are mushrooms that are edible and some are deadly, but do you know what, both the deadly and edible ones look the same. So be sure of the kind of mushroom you are eating.

Cherry Stones .

Cherry stones are great when taken in little quantities, but deadly when taking in excess. They contain Hydrogen Cyanide which is so poisonous that a mere 0.1 gram of cherry stones can kill a 150 pounds man. So if eating cherry stones, take only one.

Cashew nuts .

Firstly these are seeds not nuts, so that means you've been misled all the time. Their shells are deadly and have a coating of anacardic acids which can burn your skin if handled incorrectly or give you a stomach upset. In their raw state they contain Urushiol, a chemical found in poison ivy and can be lethal if consumed too much. Next time you want to eat cashew, think twice.

Ackee .

Found in West Africa, it is a delicious local favourite food. However if picked before fully ripening, it contains hypoglycin A which causes vomiting and hypoglycemia which causes death. It's seeds are so dangerous that it was banned in US.

I was at his place by 4pm on sunday and before i entered his house, i told him to show me the alomo and suya (while i was still outside)cus i no really trust anyone. He showed me the alomo and suya, i collected the package and i went inside. I drank 1 alomo with a bottle of sprite and i offered him the second alomo, but he told me he was not really feeling fine and didn't feel like drinking. I just drank the 1 bottle and went home happy cus i scammed the guy (i would have given him the game free of charge, but wanted to just test my luck).

Woke up on monday morning and went to work. Around 10 am, i noticed i was feeling feverish, i had to put the A.C off, but i was still shaking. Next thing, one kind head ache start, mywhole body was heavy and i had to be going to the toilet to pee every 3 mins. At first i thought it was because of the change in weather, but it kept getting worse. By 2pm, i couldn't see well again and as a typical Nigerian, i started suspecting i had been poisoned or jazzed.

Am not the type that likes taking drugs so i just lay in the office and started asking for forgiveness for all my sins (in case i died), that was when i started overhearing some other colleagues discussions. One of them drank alomo over the weekend and threw up for almost 6 hours. The other also said he watched on news where they raided a fake alomo manufacturing lab in Lugbe (Abuja). I then called my friend and asked him what was the last thing he did before falling sick ..... he said he drank alomo with some friends.

It was then i knew that it was the alomo i drank that was messing my system up. I rushed home and drank a cup of palm oil (proven to counter poisoning), and licked 2 oranges. All i did all through the night was sweat and piss. E be like say i piss reach 200 times sef. I finally got relieved this morning and i am getting stronger. The bottom line here is that people have found out that alomo is a great market mover. Instead of buying 2 bigstout, people would prefer dring one alomo and any soft dring of their choice. It is far cheaper and you would steal get the same high level (if not more). Because of the rush for the product, some people have started faking it, and these fake ones are poisonous. I drank only one bottle and i almost died, what if i had drank the second? I also learnt that they fake the small bottles the most. Also look out for where you buy anything you drink (be it alomo or soft drink) because there are so many fake stuffs out there. I also feel that people caught faking products (food, drink or drugs) should be executed, because many souls must have gone by taking such fake products.

I would also appreciate if you could also share some of your experiences.