Chief Imam of Kabba, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Ejibunu, has been confirmed as the index case of COVID-19 in Kogi state. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed two index cases of Coronavirus in Kogi State for the first time since its outbreak in Nigeria But the Kogi State Government countered NCDC insisting that
Chief Imam of Kabba, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Ejibunu, has been confirmed as the index case of COVID-19 in Kogi state.State for the first time since its outbreak in NigeriaHowever, the family of Ejibunu has come out to confirm that the Chief Imam of Kabba tested positive for COVID-19.
He disclosed that the Chief Imam has not traveled outside the state and must have contacted the virus within. “I wish to affirm, on behalf of Ejibunu family, that the Chief Imam of Kabba, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Ejibunu, was down with flu some few days back and he had to be hospitalised at the Specialist Hospital in Kabba.
According to him, his family kept mute about the situation following the controversy between the Kogi government and NCDC.
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