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General News of Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

American woman dies in Delta during visit to Nigerian lover

Delta State CP, Hafiz Inuwa Delta State CP, Hafiz Inuwa

An American woman, aged 67, has died in a Delta State private hospital while on a visit to her lover in Nigeria.

The woman who reportedly met her young Nigerian lover on the internet died of suspected coronavirus complications on Sunday at a private hospital at Osubi, Orerokpe in the Okpe Local Government Area of the state.

The woman landed in Nigeria on March 3 and the police said the young man and his visitor had been lodging at the hotel in Osubi since the American arrived in Nigeria.

“The young man and the American white lady lodged in a hotel in Osubi where they spent some weeks,” a source said.

“The white lady later fell sick and she began to manifest some symptoms of COVID-19, especially severe coughing.

“At that stage, her lover rushed her to a private hospital in Osubi, but she gave up the ghost this morning (Sunday).”

After her death, her Nigerian lover reportedly took her corpse in a Toyota Venza to the Orerokpe Police Division, where he was arrested.

A doctor was brought in to take samples from the corpse for coronavirus tests at the police station, according to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

A spokesman for the police state, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the incident.

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