Kogi, NCDC ding-dong over Covid-19 continues as family admits Kabba Chief Imam has disease, says son is negative

Following the ongoing disagreement between the Logo State government and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) over the presence of Covid-19 on the State, the family of a patient from the State has confirmed he tested positive for the disease.
But it says his son tested negative.
Kogi Governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, is known for his anti-Covid-19 position; and the Government he runs continues to insist the pandemic is not in the State, amid what most indigenes in the state see as undue pressure on their Government to admit the presence of the disease.
However, the spokesman for the family of the Ejibunu, where the
Chief Imam of Kabba hails from, Chief Tai Ejibunu (Obatebise of Oweland) said in a social media post: “Our attention has been drawn to the series of discussions going on, on this Platform concerning Covid-19 index case in Kabba and the identity of the index case.
“I wish to affirm, on behalf of Ejibunu family, that the Chief Imam of Kabba, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Ejibunu, was down with flu some few days back and he had to be hospitalised at the Specialist Hospital in Kabba. Further medical attention was sought at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja as the flu did not abate after some days.
“At the FMC, he was referred to the National Hospital in Abuja and the text conducted on him by the NCDC showed that he was Covid-19 positive.
“The test conducted on one of his sons who had been with him since, came out negative.
“The family would have come out to speak on the matter, but we were not comfortable with the ding-dong game going on between the NCDC and the Kogi State government.
“The family is concerned about the well being of other Owes and we wish to confirm that Covid-19 has fond its way sadly to our community and the State.
Therefore, no need for Kogi State government to deny the obvious.
“We would like to stress that the Chief Imam, of recent, had never ventured outside Kogi State by way of travelling outside the State. So, the ‘virus’ could have been contracted within.
“We wish to advise our people to please abide by the protocols emplaced by the NCDC and play safe.
“The family is cooperating with the Kogi State Government and the NCDC to stem the spread. This evening, contact tracing and testing of family members of the Chief Imam had began.
“What we need from our people is empathy and no need for the acrimonious exchange of views and counter views.
“May God save Oweland and her people in particular and the state in general.”