Kogi COVID-19 Patient Discharged

The controversial case of the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kogi State, who is the Chief Imam of Kabba, Sheikh Abubakar Ejibunu, has been reportedly discharged from the National Hospital, Abuja.

Ejibunu, who was discharged about 4 p.m, Friday, hale and hearty, will soon be with his family members.

A family member confirmed under anonymity that the cleric was taking his rest with a family member in Gwagwalada.

Two weeks ago, Ejubunu was moved from the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, to the National Hospital where he was reportedly declared COVID-19 positive by the National Centre for Diseases Control, (NCDC).

Kogi government had immediately rejected the claim, saying NCDC did not carry the state’s ministry of health along on the series of tests conducted on the victim and therefore reiterated that the state was free of COVID-19.

But one Chief Taiye Ejibunu, on behalf of the imam’s family, swiftly issued a statement that the cleric was a carrier of the deadly disease and blamed the state government for covering the truth.