The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday confirmed that the state has recorded two new cases of the coronavirus.
In a statement made available to journalists on Sunday, the governor said one of the cases involved one of the recently arraigned suspects in the murder of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the national leader of Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti.“One of the cases involves one of the recently arraigned suspects in the murder of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, Pa Fasoranti’s Daughter.
The magistrate, Victoria Bob-Manuel, however ordered that they be tested for COVID-19 and the result ascertained before being admitted into the correctional centre. “Earlier today, I got news of another positive case of COVID19 admitted to our facility in Akure,” Mr Akeredolu had said.“He was tested in Lagos but came to Ondo state while awaiting his results. Upon receiving a positive result, he claimed to have returned back to Lagos.
The development would bring the total number of confirmed cases in the state to six, from the official figure of four announced by theOf the infected persons, one person had earlier been discharged after undergoing treatment.
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