A 35-years-old lady indigene of Oyo state who escaped from an isolation centre in Abuja has been arrested in Nasarawa State.
An investigation indicated that the indigene of Ibadan was said to have ran awy from an isolation centre in Abuja and taking refuge in Nasarawa state where she was intercepted when somebody from the local government received a call from security personnel in Abuja that a contact of a lady who ran away from isolation centre has arrived Akwanga local government area of the state.
An eye witness who did want his name in the print said:
“I received a call from security operative in Abuja, that they tracked the contact of a lady who ran away from isolation from Abuja, to Akwanga. Immediately I got the call, I swung into action by calling my people in Kurmin Tagwaye village in Akwanga, and they traced the woman in a house in the Village.”
A source, who pleaded for anonymity, said that was traced to a house belonging to a deacon whose name was given as Moses residing behind ERCC Church, Kurmin Tagwaye along Wamba road in Akwanga and taken to the isolation centre at General Hospital Akwanga.
Meanwhile, two persons believed to have cases of coronavirus have been isolated at the General Hospital Akwanga, the headquarter of Akwanga local government area of the state.
One of the suspected patients it was further learnt that hails from Rinze Town in the Akwanga local government area of the state, while the identity and the destination of the second patient could not be ascertained.
A source at the Akwanga General Hospital said the first suspect was brought in on Thursday, while the second suspect was brought in Saturday morning.
Confirming the incident to our correspondent on Sunday, the state Commissioner for Health, pharmacist Ahmed Yahaya, said that two patients have been isolated at the Akwanga general hospital.
His words:
“We have isolated some people, they are all isolated as suspected patients of Coronavirus pending the outcome and confirmation of the results.”
