SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, (THEWILL) – Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed has gone into self-isolation over fears of contracting coronavirus following his contact with the son of Atiku Abubakar.
The state’s Chief of Staff, Ladan Salihu made this known via his Twitter handle on Monday afternoon, explaining that Governor Mohammed, alongside his entourage, met with the Vice President’s son while on flight from Lagos to Abuja.
THEWILL recalls that Atiku made a public disclosure via Twitter on Sunday evening about his son testing positive to the pandemic.
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Salihu added that they all have also taken test and are expecting the result as at the time of this report.
The tweet reads:
“Our Governor Bala Mohammed in self isolation following contact with Atiku Abubakar’s Son. Yes. We were on the same flight from Lagos to Abuja.
“They shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. The Gov and the rest of us have taken tests. The results will be negative in sha Allah.”
So far, NCDC has confirmed 36 cases of Coronavirus from Abuja, Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti, and Oyo states and one death.
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