Nasir Ajanah, the
chief judge of Kogi state who died at an COVID-19 isolation centre in Abuja on
Sunday morning, has been buried.
Yahaya Bello, Kogi
state governor, temporarily set aside his differences with the Nigeria Centre
for Disease Control (NCDC) to attend the burial at Gudu, Abuja.
He had been at
loggerheads with the NCDC, arguing that there is no single COVID-19 case in
Kogi.
The interment was
conducted in compliance with the COVID-19 burial protocol set by the NCDC.
Ajanah, who was
buried at the COVID-19 section of the cemetery, was brought to the Gwagwalada
isolation centre, Abuja, from Kogi state early June after showing signs
consistent with COVID-19 symptoms.
He was at the
isolation for about three weeks before passing away, TheCable learnt.
Before his body was
moved to the burial ground, the Muslim janaza prayers for the dead were said
for him at the premises of the isolation centre.
Officials, dressed
in white overalls with face shields, gloves and boots, drove the body to the
burial ground in their ambulance.
The burial was done
under strict security, with photographing completely banned.
Police officers, who
said they were acting on Bello’s instruction, threatened to seize the phone of
anyone who took pictures or recorded videos at the burial ground.
There is yet no
official confirmation that he died from the coronavirus disease as the state
government has continued to insist that Kogi is free of the pandemic.
Ajanah had been battling medical issues for a while, and the underlying
conditions might have hastened his death.
Abdulateef Suleiman,
personal assistant to Bello and Ibrahim Shaibu Atadoga, the president of the
Kogi customary court of appeal in the state, are both believed to have died
from COVID-19 complications, although the state government has refused to
confirm or deny.
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