Since Daily Trust first broke the news of mass deaths, especially of the elderly in Kano on April 21, the number of deaths has continued to surge. Kano is in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 80 new cases recorded in the state on Thursday alone, making it the second in the country. With 219 confirmed cases and three deaths attributed directly to the disease, Kano has overtaken Abuja in second place, with 178 cases and second only to Lagos with 976 cases. With hundreds of deaths recorded in the state in the last couple of weeks, the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammed Garba said the deaths were unconnected to the COVID-19, but mostly caused by complications from other health conditions.

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire said the unexplained deaths were not out of the ordinary. During a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 earlier in the week, the minister said, “There’s national concern about the sharp increase of COVID-19 positive cases in Kano, concentrated in seven municipal council areas and also about certain so-called ‘unexplained’ deaths. The authorities have explained that the latter were not out of the ordinary.”

After Daily Trust broke the story of the unexplained deaths on Tuesday, April 21, with 150 people buried within three days, the state government at first denied the deaths before explaining that it was not unusual. However, the authorities have decided to adopt verbal autopsy to determine the causes of the unexplained deaths as autopsy is frowned at by the “religion and culture of our people,” as the government said.

Dr. Tijanni Hussein, the state coordinator, Technical Response Team on COVID-19, said they had since started investigations by administering questionnaires and conducting verbal autopsies to determine the causes of deaths and the exact figures. “We will get to the bottom of this. And whenever this investigation is concluded, we will make known our findings,” he said.

However, concerns have continued to rise over the unexplained deaths, with very prominent senior citizens of the state passing away within days April 25 especially witnessed the passing away of dozens of prominent Kano citizens, amongst numerous others. Some of those who died on April 25 were the former chairman, of the National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC) during the Obasanjo administration from 1999 to 2003, Professor Ibrahim Ayagi.

The late Ayagi was a schoolteacher, university lecturer and former commissioner in Kano State who oversaw two ministries at a time.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/faces-of-kanos-many-deaths.html

And Gandollar is still playing politics and religion with the life of other residents of Kano.

The governor is asking for the relaxation of the lockdown after it has recorded 92 cases on Friday from one test center. Now second on the Covidc19 medals table.

God help Kano, God protect Nigeria.

Northerners didn't learn from how they took kid gloves to handle BH..

"Questionaires"...for who?

God have mercy on the Northern