Dino Melaye, former senator representing Kogi west, says the
report of COVID-19 in Kogi state is “real and authentic”.
On Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
announced 389 new COVID-19 cases in the country and two were in Kogi.
But the state rejected the results, insisting it is COVID-19
free.
Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi commissioner for information, in an
interview on Channel Television’s Politics Today, described the cases reported
in the state as “beautiful fraud”.
But in a statement, Tai Ejibunu, obatebise of Oweland, had
said the index patient identified as Ahmad Ejibunu, chief imam of Kabba, may
have been infected from within the state.
Melaye in a statement on Saturday said he knows one of the
COVID-19 patients from Kabba.
“I want to announce that the Covid-19 case in Kogi is real
and authentic and cannot understand why any responsible government will want to
deny and invariably kill her citizens,” he said.
“One of the cases is from Kabba and the victim is personally
known to me. I cannot be part of those who will play politics with the lives of
my people.
“COVID-19 is real but not a death sentence, if handled early
enough. Family members of the Kabba victim who got a referral to Abuja from
federal medical centre in Lokoja and all those who had contact with him should
please surrender themselves for a test so as to curtail the spread.
“Kogi State government must come down from her imaginary
high horse and start contact tracing to help curtail the spread. It is
illogical to think we will be free with our proximity to affected states.
“God will hear our cry and heal our land. God bless Okun
land! God bless Kogi west! God bless Kogi State.”
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