BEVERLY HILLS, June 11, (THEWILL) – Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed, has cast aspersions on Cross River state’s COVID-19-free status as he revealed that 15 COVID-19 cases in Bauchi were people travelling from Calabar, Cross River’s capital city.
In a press briefing on Wednesday, Mr. Mohammed also threatened to lock down Bauchi city if the number of infections continues to rise.
Cross River state is the only state in the country without any confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus but there are many controversies surrounding this claims.
“I don’t want to join issues with anybody but I want to tell Nigerians that they are going to be accountable to God.
“There is no need pretending that this thing is not there. We as leaders, we must come out and face the challenges.
“We in Bauchi, we are not pretending.
“Some of our places of worship, especially the mosques, they are the epicentre of infections, and nobody is doing anything.
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“I am pleading with the people of Bauchi, if this thing continues to happen – we are bordered by seven states, some of them are worse – in order to secure the common people of Bauchi, I might have to lock up Bauchi,” he said.
Bauchi state is bordered by seven states, Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east, and Kaduna to the west.
