The federal government has listed the names of 13
Nigerians who died from COVID-19 complications abroad.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora
Commission (NIDCOM), published a video in honour of the victims via her Twitter
handle on Thursday.
The Nigerians listed are:
- Alfa Sa’adu (United Kingdom)
- Carol Jamabo (United Kingdom)
- Kole Abayomi, SAN (United Kingdom)
- Bode Ajanlekoko (United Kingdom)
- Adeola Onasanya (United Kingdom)
- Ugochukwu Erondu (United Kingdom)
- Chidinma Olajide (United Kingdom)
- Bassey Offiong (USA)
- Caleb Anya (USA)
- Mmaete Greg (USA)
- Akeem Adagun (USA)
- Laila Abubakar Ali (USA)
- Patricia Imobhio (USA)
Sa’adu was
a medical director at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in
Essex and Ealing NHS Trust, before he died at the age of 68. Bassey Offiong, a
25-year-old chemical engineering student of Western Michigan University, US,
was expected to complete his degree a few weeks before he
passed on.
There are currently efforts to evacuate Nigerians from
foreign countries.
Speaking at the media briefing of the presidential task
force on COVID-19 on Wednesday, Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs,
said about 200 Nigerians in the United States have
indicated interest to be evacuated to Nigeria over COVID-19.
As of April 9, 2020, 288 COVID-19 cases had been confirmed
in Nigeria. Of that figure, 51 persons have recovered with seven deaths recorded.
On a global scale, more than 1.3 million people have tested
positive for the virus, with over 60,000 persons have died.
Below is Dabiri-Erewa’s tweet:
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayMay the souls of our brothers and sisters in Diaspora , who lost their lives to Covid 19, RIP. May the Lord heal the world 🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/T1Nu77xP3G— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) April 9, 2020
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