The apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has dismissed the allegations that the influx of almajiris into the Southeast was an attempt to infect inhabitants of the region with COVID-19. Speaking with DAILY POST, Ohanaeze's Secretary-General, Barr. Uche Okwukwu said such claims should be dismissed because Northerners are responsible for the food supplies in the
The apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has dismissed the allegations that the influx of almajiris into the Southeast was an attempt to infect inhabitants of the region with COVID-19.
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria, several almajiris have been caught attempting to illegally enter the Southeast. According to Okwukwu: “I don’t agree with that kind of allegation. Interesting enough, those coming in and out of the Southeast, west and other parts of the country are Nigerian citizens and they have the right to movement except where there is a closure of state borders on the order of the president or governor.
“The Northerners are not the originators of coronavirus in the world. They are equally victims of it. The North, Nigeria and Africa are all victims of coronavirus.
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