Fifteen COVID-19 Cases In Bauchi Came From Infection-Free Calabar – Gov. Mohammed

Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed, has cast aspersions on Cross River state’s COVID-19-free status.

In a press briefing on Wednesday, Mr. Mohammed said 15 COVID-19 cases in Bauchi were people travelling from Calabar, Cross River’s capital city.

He also threatened to lock down Bauchi city if the number of infections continues to rise.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Cross River state is the only region in the country without any confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.

“I don’t want to join issues with anybody,” Mohammed said. “But I want to tell Nigerians that they are going to be accountable to God.

“There is no need pretending that this thing is not there. We as leaders, we must come out and face the challenges.

“We in Bauchi, we are not pretending.”

Bauchi reported a daily record high of 69 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.

The Governor blamed the rising cases of infections on people’s lax attitude towards health guidelines such as handwashing, use of sanitisers and face masks.

“Some of our places of worship, especially the mosques, they are the epicentre of infections, and nobody is doing anything,” he said.

“I am pleading with the people of Bauchi, if this thing continues to happen – we are bordered by seven states, some of them are worse – in order to secure the common people of Bauchi, I might have to lock up Bauchi.”

FlordFlorez:
Which cross river abeg. U beta keep ur virus and stop pointing fingers. Stupid leaders always politicising every issues.

But the state government has repeatedly
said the measures it put in place worked in
making Cross River free of the disease.
An undercover investigation by
TheCable had exposed the lapses in Cross
River’s effort to tackle COVID-19.

Fasindo:



Very true.


The governor is very right.
The poverty nd almajiri that litters everywhere in Bauchi also came from Cross River State.
The high literacy rate in Bauchi also came from Cross River state

By the way the governor should do something about light in Bauchi, I can't remember d last time we had light in Tafawa Belewa local govt.

Amotolongbo:
Which measure did Cross River government put in place inside this Nigeria that could have made the state free of any recorded case?

Almighty nations could not even curb the spread of the virus among their states, provinces and prefectures.

Ben Ayade should stop deceiving himself

FlordFlorez:
Which cross river abeg. U beta keep ur virus and stop pointing fingers. Stupid leaders always politicising every issues.

Fasindo:










Very true.


The governor is very right.
The poverty nd almajiri that litters everywhere in Bauchi also came from Cross River State.
The high literacy rate in Bauchi also came from Cross River state

By the way the governor should do something about light in Bauchi, I can't remember d last time we had light in Tafawa Belewa local govt.