The Lagos State Government has again confiscated a truckload of poisonous cowhide popularly called ponmo at Ijegun, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr OLAYIWOLE ONASANYA, who described the cowhide as ‘Ebola ponmo’ said the item was imported into the country by some unscrupulous individuals.

In a statement, ONASANYA said that officials of the state government were informed about the matter after the police from the Ikotun division intercepted the truck.

According to the statement, the cowhide was preserved with chemicals to serve as a leather material, but it was being sold for human consumption before police intervention.