SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, (THEWILL) – Godwin Akwaji, lawmaker representing Obudu constituency at the Cross River state house of assembly, has died after showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Report says he died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) isolation centre around 12:30 pm on Thursday after exhibiting fatigue, fever, cough, breathlessness.
It was revealed that the deceased had been treated for malaria and pneumonia with no improvement and 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 as the state government has repeatedly said the measures it put in place worked in making Cross River free of the disease.
THEWILL recalls that Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed, when the state recorded 15 fresh COVID-19 cases last week, ridiculed the claims saying the new cases were from “infection free Calabar”, capital of the state.
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In the same vein, the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) insists there has been an increase of unusual deaths in the state.
“There are increasing reports of flu-like symptoms, respiratory symptoms and loss of smell/taste in various hospitals and the State metropolis which is suggestive of potential community transmission of an undetected disease fitting the epidemiologic pattern of COVID-19. There has been increasing reported cases of death from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in the State,” the NMA said.
