Protest rocks Gombe Community as COVID-19 Patients decry ill-treatment

“They were chanting that the state government lied against their status while some were saying they were fine.”

Our correspondent learnt that nearly 20 patients took over the Federal highway linking Gombe state to Biu community in Borno state.

An eyewitness at the protest scene who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said “we in the community have been in serious shock knowing how dangerous this disease is.” “They were chanting that the state government lied against their status while some were saying they were fine. This is serious,” he said.

He said all the patients at the Isolation centre are asymptomatic, so there is no need to give them any drug.

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