People who attended a
London party including Shade Okoya, wife of billionaire industrialist and the
Aare of Lagos Chief Razak Akanni Okoya, has debunked claims of guests who
attended the 80th birthday party of the Nigerian High Commissioner in the United
Kingdom, Justice George Oguntade on March 10, 2020 going into self-isolation
after coronavirus test carried out on some prominent Nigerians came back
positive.
Earlier today, there were
reports of some prominent Nigerians including Okoya and his wife, Chief
Olusegun Osoba, a Nigerian journalist and politician, the Ogun State Governor,
Dapo Abiodun and his wife, Bamidele; a veteran musician, Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi;
a popular businesswoman, Bola Shagaya and other prominent Nigerians going into
self-isolation after the party.
Punch also reported that
Chief Osoba confirmed that two people who attended the party had died. He
however added that unnecessary alarm was being raised.
Osoba reportedly said;
“YES, I WAS AT THE PARTY AND IT IS TRUE THAT
TWO PEOPLE HAD DIED BUT A LOT OF UNNECESSARY ALARM IS BEING RAISED, ALTHOUGH, I
SYMPATHISE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED.
“IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT
THEY CONTRACTED THE VIRUS AT THE PARTY, THEY PROBABLY MIGHT HAVE BEEN CARRYING
IT IN THEIR BODIES AND MANIFESTED SOON AFTER THE PARTY.
“BUT I WAS THERE AND THE
PARTY TOOK PLACE 15 DAYS AGO AND IF THERE IS ANY VIRUS IN MY BODY IT SHOULD
HAVE MANIFESTED BY NOW. I CAME BACK LAST THURSDAY ALMOST A WEEK TODAY AND AS I
LANDED I GRANTED AN INTERVIEW TO TVC AT THE AIRPORT, CONSIDERING THE ACTION
THAT THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN, I ANNOUNCED THAT I WILL BE
GOING INTO SELF- ISOLATION IMMEDIATELY.
“I HAVE BEEN IN
SELF-ISOLATION SINCE I RETURNED FROM THE UK AND I HAVE HAD NO SYMPTOM, NO
COUGH, NO FEVER NOR ITCHES IN MY THROAT AND I HAVE BEEN KEEPING TO THE RULES AS
GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF LAGOS STATE THAT ALL OF US WHO ARRIVED FROM ABROAD
SHOULD ISOLATE OURSELVES FOR 14 DAYS.”
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