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Kano deaths: We must be prepared to accept autopsy results – Presidency
The Presidency has said everyone must be prepared to accept the results of autopsies to ascertain the cause of deaths from alleged strange illnesses in Kano State.
Within two weeks, scores of people in Kano, including the elite, have died of yet-to-be-identified diseases.
Amid the controversial deaths, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday, directed the state Ministry of Health to adopt “verbal autopsy” to determine the cause as the deceased had been buried.
But the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Wednesday, said scientifically and medically conducted autopsy would determine the cause of the deaths.
He said,
“In Nigeria, there are currently verbal autopsies underway in Kano State to identify the precise cause of the sudden and rapid increase in mortality in recent days.
“While some may wish to believe that there are other causes at play here like hypertension, diabetes, meningitis, and acute malaria’, there are others who say it is COVID-19.
“We should be prepared to accept the medical and scientific result of the autopsies and work together to confront the common enemy.”
Hajiya Hamma Akilu, mother of a former Director of Defence Intelligence, Brigadier General Haliru Akilu (retd), on Wednesday became the latest prominent person that died in the state.
A son of the retired general, Aminu, confirmed the death to journalists in a telephone interview in Kano on Wednesday. He said that late Hajiiya Hamma died at the age of 100.
On Wednesday, there were reports that five prominent people including AlhajiUba Adamu, the father of the National Open University, Prof Abdullahi Adamu, died on Monday and Tuesday.
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