COVID-19 Case In Kogi Is Real And Authentic - Dino Melaye

Former Senator, Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, says that COVID-19 is present in the state of Kogi and it is “real and authentic”.

The Kogi State Government had rejected the report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that two people had tested positive for the virus in the state.

The state government maintained its stance regarding the issue, stating that the state was free from any COVID-19 infection.

State officials like the state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, has described the report as "beautiful fraud."

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Lending credence to the report by the NCDC was the Obatebise of Oweland, Tai Ejibunu, who said that the two cases recorded in the state are an Imam from Kabba and his aide.

Speaking on the matter, Dino Melaye said that he's acquainted with one of the infected people from Kabba.

He said, “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.

“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.”