According to
reports, Godwin Akwaji, the lawmaker representing Obudu constituency at the
house of assembly, has died after showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Governor Ben
Ayade’s iron curtain against coronavirus appears to have collapsed in Cross
River.
He died at
the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) isolation centre around
12:30 pm on Thursday.
Akwaji, who
was said to be diabetic, exhibited fatigue, fever, cough, breathlessness,
classic symptoms of the virus.
TheCable,
quoting Akwaji’s family source, reported that Akwaji was treated for malaria
and pneumonia with no improvement.
It also
reported that some persons who visited the lawmaker at the hospital are already
showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Cross River
is the only state where any case of COVID-19 has not been confirmed in the
country.
It may be
joining the leaderboard if NCDC verifies the cause of Akwaji’s death.
In April, the
commissioner of health, Betta Edu claimed that some officials of the NCDC were
offering bribes to people in the state to claim they have symptoms of COVID-19.
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