Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
A statement by Commissioner for Information in the state, John Kalu, said the governor has since gone into isolation as is the standard practice and handed over to his deputy, Ude Chukwu, to act on his behalf.
โOn Saturday, 30th May, 2020, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu volunteered his sample for COVID-19 test and subsequently directed members of the state Executive Council and those of the inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19 to submit themselves for the same test.
โOn Tuesday, 2nd June, 2020, the result of Governor Ikpeazuโs test returned negative.
โOn Thursday, 4th June, 2020, the governor submitted another sample at the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control laboratory for confirmation and the result returned positive,’ said the statement.
Kalu further states that Ikpeazu has gone into isolation, as required by relevant NCDC protocols, and a team of medical practitioners are nursing him back to good health.