Former Nigerian federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has criticised the government’s handling of the identity of the Italian man who reportedly tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.
This online news medium had earlier reported that the first case of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease was confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria on February 27th. Following the detection, No fewer than 58 persons have been quarantined, as they had contact with the unidentified Italian man that first tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
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In a tweet on Monday, 2nd March 2020, Sani mocked the government’s approach, saying he hoped the man was not a spirit as seen below:
I hope this Italian is not a spirit from Ancient Rome;No name and no face yet.
— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) March 2, 2020
Senator Sani added in Pidgin English that Italian government would have revealed a photo if it were a Nigerian who brought the disease to its country.
If na naija man carri corona go Italy,the Italy Govt for don put him photo and that of him mother and father and granny and even the monkey wey dey him village for dem newspaper.
— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) March 2, 2020
Recall that the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, had said on Friday that the state government had built a facility to handle the situation, adding that the patient was getting better.
He said, “It is a lab that we built that can accommodate 100 for now but it is only one bed that is occupied today. Hopefully it wouldn’t spread. We are ready and we are well equipped. He (the patient) is there and he is getting better. He is steady. The doctors say he is going to be fine.’’ But the health worker told our correspondent that the Coronavirus index case had been “very upset about” the surrounding, adding that the patient “complained of excessive heat and mosquitoes.”
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