How My Mother Risked Her Life to Prove Her Love During the “Killer Beans” Scare

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A user on X recalled a nationwide panic in the early 2000s over allegedly poisonous beans. Her father refused to give up his favourite meal despite warnings. To protect him, her mother drove from Lagos to Ibadan where she hoped the contaminated beans hadn’t reached. She cooked the beans, ate a portion herself, then locked herself in the kitchen for two hours as a safety test. When she emerged unharmed, her father and the children finally ate the beans. He later boasted to everyone about the daring act his wife performed to prove her love.

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