Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that a laboratory test on his wife, Dolapo’s, freshly squeezed orange juice found it unfit for human consumption, as he raised the alarm over the widespread use of dangerous chemicals by farmers and fruit sellers across the country.
Osinbajo made the disclosure while speaking at the Open Day for Gardeners’ Seminar themed “Leaving The Earth Better Than We Found It,” held in Lagos on August 28.
A video of the event was shared on his YouTube channel on Wednesday and went viral on Saturday.
He said his wife, who stopped taking carbonated drinks years ago in favour of daily fresh orange juice, began experiencing unexplained headaches despite her healthy habit.
“She would look at my own Coke drinking habits with a lot of disapproval… But then, after a while, she started having some strange headaches, drinking her fresh juice every day,” Osinbajo said.
He said his wife checked everything else she ate or drank without finding an explanation before sending a batch of the juice for laboratory testing.
“The results came back. It showed that the orange juice, freshly squeezed, was not fit for human consumption. This is freshly squeezed orange juice. Not fit for human consumption,” he added.
