It Seems Governor Ben Ayade’s anti Covid-19 syrups has expired as the lawmaker representing Obudu constituency at the House of Assembly, Godwin Akwaji allegedly died of coronavirus on Thursday.
For so many months that Nigeria has been recording cases of Covid-19, Cross River is the only state that is still maintaining a clean sheet.
Reports gathered that in April, the State Commissioner of Health, Betta Edu claimed that some officials of the NCDC were offering bribes to people in the state to claim they had symptoms of COVID-19.
According to reports, Godwin Akwaji, the lawmaker representing Obudu Constituency at the House of Assembly, has died after showing symptoms of COVID-19.
He died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) isolation centre around 12:30 pm on Thursday.
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Akwaji, who was said to be diabetic, exhibited fatigue, fever, cough, breathlessness, classic symptoms of the virus.
Akwaji’s family also reported that Akwaji was treated for malaria and pneumonia with no improvement.
It was also reported that some persons who visited the lawmaker at the hospital are already showing symptoms of COVID-19.
The state maybe joining the other states if NCDC verifies link of Akwaji’s death to Covid-19.
