Nigerians on social media woke up to the disturbing news that the first case of the coronavirus has been recorded in the country, several weeks after other countries have had cases of the virus.

Shortly after the news was made public by the Ministry of Health, a Nigerian man on social media identified as Olugbega Bodunrin(@boldjohnson07) has come out to make claims that he was the cab driver that conveyed the Italian who was infected with the virus.

The individual had responded to a post shared by on the official Twitter page of The Guardian, which made it known that the Nigerian government has started working to identify everyone that came in contact with the Italian citizen.

Reacting to the post, Bodunrin claimed that he had contact with the Italian on Wednesday, February 26.

According to him, during the course of the journey, they talked and laughed together, and even went the extra mile of dining together.

Bodunrin also made is number available.

See the exchange below:

https://twitter.com/boldjohnson07/status/1233317328558923776

Several Nigerians flooded the comment section with mixed reactions to the development.

Alright, while you’re waiting for the Government to come pick you up, please create a list of individuals you’ve akso come in contact with or given a ride in your vehicle in the past 3 days and give the government. God bless and keep you, a user tweeted.

Another user on the platform commended Bodunrin for speaking up and making it easier to keep the infection rate controlled.

He said: Thank you for speaking out. Please, reduce contact with people immediately until government team reach you to provided the needed services. You’d be fine.

More tweets below:
https://www.nairafame.com/2020/02/coronavirus-in-nigeria-uber-driver-who.html

Cc Lalasticlala

GOOD one.

I think uber and Taxify/ Bolt drivers should be extremely careful.

E- hailing business may be a high risk biz now


God help us all

Someone cannot cough in peace inside narket again......everyone go just vanish!

What the government should have done is to put people coming from high risk countries like South Korea, Iran, and Italy under automatic quarantine.

The Coronavirus is a virus that can spread even during the incubation period. This means, a person may not show symptoms but can still spread the disease.

Incompetence will not kill us in this country.