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‘I dropped Italian picked in the airport at his house,’ Uber Driver narrates experience, visits LUTH

OLUGBENGA Bodunrin, Uber Driver who reportedly picked an Italian at the Lagos airport has explained that the male foreigner that boarded his vehicle was actually taken to his house located in Oniru in Victoria Island, Lagos State, and not a hotel.

The story of Nigeria’s first COVID-19 case was officially made public yesterday by the Federal Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Government following the incident of an Italian man who entered the country on Tuesday and later tested positive for the virus.

But Bodunrin noted that the Italian he took has a family consisting of two boys and a Nigerian wife who lives with him at an undisclosed estate in Oniru.

He earlier posted on his twitter handle @boldjohnson07 affirming he picked an Italian, they dined and had a good conversation, in response to reports of government’s search of likely persons who might have been in contact with the announced case.

Bodunrin also dropped his mobile line in the tweet through which he was initially contacted but failed to respond. The Uber Service he works with was also contacted via two mobile lines – 0808 169 7334, 0808 169 7335 found on the website but they were switched off.

But on Saturday morning, he was again contacted by this reporter, where he shared his story.

He told The ICIR how he ought to convey the Italian all through his 20 days visit in Nigeria, until the man became unreachable after the first COVID-19 case was reported in the media.

“I picked him at about 5:30 pm on Wednesday from the airport. He told me himself he is an Italian that he just returned from Italy to meet his family here and he told me that he has a son and daughter in Italy that he is divorced, then remarried a Nigerian,” Bodunrin stated.

According to him, he had to take the Italian to the city mall from the airport before heading to Oniru where the man lives with his Nigerian family.

“From City Mall, Lagos Island, I took him home. So, I was in the car when he invited me upstairs to meet his family. That’s how I met his wife and we spoke in the Yoruba language.”

Narrating his story, Bodunrin said he spent time with the family until about 11 am when he left to return the next day.

However, his vehicle developed faults the next day and was unable to meet up with the appointment until about 3:00 pm in the evening. He claimed to have waited for an additional two hours hoping for their return by 6:00 pm but decided to leave after repeated calls to the Italian’s wife mobile line was unanswered.

READ MORE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/update-i-dropped-an-italian-picked-at-the-airport-at-his-house-uber-driver-narrates-experience-visits-luth/

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Now, I hope they can round up the contacts from the driver too..it's a serious issue that needs quick attention...it is well with Nigeria, stay safe everyone..

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Is this life all there is?

This people can confuse their grandfather sha,

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tsephanyah:
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Probably talking about a different traveler.

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Commentor:
Probably talking about a different traveler.

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