COVID-19 in Kogi is real, I know a patient - Dino Melaye

Dino Melaye, a former senator representing Kogi West, has said that there is coronavirus in Kogi State unlike what the government wants people to believe.

MyNigeria.com recalls that the Kogi State commissioner of information, Kingsley Fanwo, rejected a result by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC, which confirmed two cases of COVID-19 in the state.

Speaking on Channels Television, he accused the NCDC of defrauding Nigerians with the result which was announced on Wednesday.

In reaction, Dino Melaye stated that he knows a victim of COVID-19 who resides in Kabba, an area of the state.

He said, “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.

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