Seyi Makinde contracted coronavirus from known people in Abuja - Aide

Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has said that his principal contracted coronavirus from known people in Abuja.

Adisa made this known on Tuesday while speaking on Silverbird Television barely 24 hours after Seyi Makinde announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.

Adisa stated this to dispute claims that the governor may have contracted the disease at a rally he staged at Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

“The issue of the March 18 PDP southwest Zonal Unification Rally doesn’t come to play because there was no known incident of the virus in Oyo State and the governor didn’t also have any symptom(s) as at that time.”

“The governors went back to Abuja the following day and they held a series of meetings. The governor had contact with people that are known. So, we should not politicise an issue like this,” he stressed.