Less than three
months after Okezie Ikpeazu proclaimed that no COVID-19 case will be recorded
in Abia, the governor has become the latest positive case in the state.
John Okiyi Kalu, the
state’s commissioner of information, announced Ikpeazu’s status in a statement
on Monday.
He said the governor
was confirmed positive for the disease after a second test — the first having
returned negative.
Kalu said: “Recall
that on Saturday, 30th May, 2020, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu volunteered his
sample for COVID-19 test and subsequently directed members of the state Executive
Council (EXCO) and those of the inter ministerial committee on COVID-19 to
submit themselves for the same test. On Tuesday, 2nd June, 2020. Tthe result of
Governor Ikpeazu’s test returned negative.
“On Thursday, 4th
June, 2020, the Governor submitted another sample at NCDC laboratory for
confirmation and the result returned positive.”
Earlier in March,
Ikpeazu in a chat with his chief press secretary, said Abia is the only state
mentioned in the Bible and that God has promised no disease will touch “His
people”.
“Abia is the only
state that is mentioned in the Bible. We have a promise from God that none of
these diseases will touch God’s people,” the governor had said, adding: “We saw
Ebola, it did not get to us. We saw monkey pox, it didn’t get to us. Even this
one (coronavirus) will also pass us by.”
But he is not the
index case of COVID-19 in the state.
The cases in Abia
jumped to 83 after it recorded the highest daily figure on Sunday with 67
infections.
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