* 90% of victims not coronavirus patients- State govt

* Residents give different accounts

* FG’s team in Bauchi, Katsina, Jigawa over mass deaths

Four hundred and seventy one people died in Yobe State in the last three weeks, the state task force on COVID-19 made the revelation yesterday. The Yobe State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Muhammad Lawan Gana, who is also vice chairman of the state committee on COVID-19, said those that died were mostly elderly people. He added that the total of 471 was put together between the last week of April and the second week of May.

According to the commissioner, the casualties were recorded in Potiskum, which is the business capital of Yobe State, Nguru, Gashu’a and Damaturu the state capital.

Like in Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi and Borno, there has been an outcry across Yobe State over an increased number of deaths through various illnesses. Though some locals, medical experts and opinion moulders have over the past weeks insisted that most of the deaths being recorded in the northwest and northeast could be attributed to the ravaging COVID-19.

But in most cases, government officials attributed the development to other factors such as malaria, heat wave and hypertension and ruled out the possibility of coronavirus.

Yobe State shares an international boundary with the Republic of Niger to the North, Jigawa and Bauchi States to the West, Borno State to the East as well as Gombe and Borno to the South.

The media had reported that between the second week of April and early May, over 200 people died in Kano, over 100 in Hadejia LGA of Jigawa and over 150 in Bauchi.

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/471-die-in-yobe-in-3-weeks.html

But we are only concerned about Wike enforcing laws protecting his people...

If dis deaths are actually related to covid 19 then I think d northern governors ought to learn from Wike......be pragmatic n sincere in ur approach of things.....northerners need another Wike to enforce dis

Wow

Please, people die every day from various causes, an average of 300 deaths in a month alone was recorded from motorcycle accidents alone in Lagos before it was banned, a lot dies from malaria and other deadly diseases

Let's stop all the unnecessary fear of coronavirus, there is no cure insight, we just have to encourage ourselves and face it

We have to be very careful, the reasons for those death should not only be the one that wants to go to the market alone but when they later found out that COVID 19 was in the syrup, their governor was not serious about it.

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Too bad

That number could triple the numbers if Covid 19 deaths.. and the government have spent Billions on an invincible virus, whilst ignoring the one that has been killing its citizens since time immemorial. Double standard if you ask me

While the King in the North is still hibernating.

Waawwuu

This is serious

Ehn hen....I hope no be spiritual force dey sweep the northern part of Nigeria like this...


They should do an autopsy and forget religion for now... Even Lagos, the epicentre of the disease in Nigeria is not witnessing such.

Is either Lagos state is underreporting or the Northern part of Nigeria is exaggerating death cases to earn sympathy and get allocation

hmmmm
covid-19
why Not(NORTH)?

This year 2020 na wa, year 2021 will be looking at us like "una never see anything.

Baba God abeg, put an end to this death shit, it's getting stale.

Akwai Masala For North!!!

How many people are in yobe as a whole
This guys think we are dumb ryt !

Who has the link to this video of a woman talking to a corrupt politician, quote me. I really need to watch the full video

Peterobi90:
But they are only concerned about Wike enforcing laws protecting his people...

What brought Wike into this matter...plus Northern governors have been bashed (rightly) on this site for their lax attitude towards covid19

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North=backward

Hope we are taking account of these death in regards to the next presidential election.

Covid-19 kills elderly people 15 times more than young people, these stories of increased deaths in the North during the time of a pandemic always start with denial "It's not Coronavirus, it's malaria" There's a high chance it's corona unless there's a mystery plague that's killing people in the northern states.

Problems often become worse if incompetent people try to solve them.

the entire north is just utter trash and needs to be thrown away

Next they will say 532 persons in a village near Maradin

See them looking for money from FG. Covid-19 doesn't kill that fast. Go and check what is killing you people. I'm sure it has always been like that if at all it's true.

Mr. President of the Senate! come and explain what is happening to your constituency Ooh. What have you done to help the people you are representing? what have you done as one of their own in a place of influence?

How many people con dey Yobe...........,oku leleja nta......,shebi una no wan go skul ni,eni kuure

The annoying part of it is they don't permit autopsy...

471 is much, chai

So what exactly is killing them in the North?

They be looking pious and educated. Yobe will soon be in trouble

This is beginning out of control. Why all this death?. Nigeria why. Gaint of African I said why?. ....... I need answers before .........