Kogi State Government, Saturday has cleared air over the purported COVID-19 cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), insisting the latter is so desperate to impose the pandemic on the state.

In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Haruna Audu, it was revealed how one of the index cases had earlier refused the intervention of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja when offered.

"Nigerians are in the know of the stand off between Kogi State and NCDC that has been on for a while now, which is not unconnected to our stance to resist the ascription of fictitious confirmed cases of Covid-19 to our Dear State to suit a preformed narrative we believe is the agenda of NCDC, which is to claim every State in Nigeria has Covid-19," the report confirmed.

"In the heat of this stand off, we woke up one morning to hear that NCDC has recorded two cases of Covid-19 for Kogi State. Your suspicion will be as good as ours hence we set out to investigate the claim and here are our findings.

"That NCDC claims a 62 year old man and his son from Kabba LGA of Kogi State tested positive to Covid-19. According to the son, his father, who is a Hypertensive/Diabetic had attended a burial ceremony where he was stung by bees. He then developed facial problems from the sting and was taken to the Hospital. The facial swellings subsided but the body weakness persisted where eventually the managing Doctor discovered he had High Blood Sugar, which the Doctor continued to manage.

"The Doctor confirmed that there was no time the patient presented with fever, cough or difficulty in breathing. The only complaint was that of general body weakness.

"The Doctor had no reason to refer the patient to FMC Lokoja except on the insistence of the patient because they felt he was not getting better."

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NCDC why??

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How possible is that?
Kogi isn't far from abuja so there is a good chance the disease is in kogi

NCDC should please use the limited available resources (as claimed by them) to see to the end of this virus of 8k+ and Kogi the heck alone nah.

SirLiquidGold:
How possible is that?
Kogi isn't far from abuja so there is a good chance the disease is in kogi

There is little chance of no covid in Kogi given that they didn't shut their borders and like you said people commute between the state and the FCT on a daily basis

Don't mind them want to place politics with una head