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COVID-19 in Kogi State is real, authentic — Dino Melaye

Muhammad A. Aliyu
By Muhammad A. Aliyu
Published: May 30, 2020
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Dino Melaye, a former senator who represented Kogi West constituency in the eight assembly, has said the reported case of COVID-19 in Kogi State is real and authentic.

Okay.ng recalls that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed the first two cases in Kogi.

The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kingsley Fanwo, insisted that the state remains COVID-19 free.

But, Dino Melaye in a statement on Saturday, said he knows one of the patients personally.

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The statement read: “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.

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“God will hear our cry and heal our land. God bless Okun land! God bless Kogi west! God bless Kogi State.”

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Muhammad Ameer Aliyu, is a prolific journalist who joined Okay Nigeria in 2015 with the aim staying committed to bringing more positive growth to the digital news platform. He is the Senior Editor at Okay Nigeria.
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