By Emma Ogbuehi
Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for the coronavirus after he was exposed to a confirmed case.
According to the State commissioner for information Gbenga Omotoso, “A PCR test performed yesterday the 11th of December has confirmed that he (the governor) has indeed been infected with the virus”.
The commissioner said the governor is showing mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID and that he has started receiving treatment.
Sanwo-Olu on Friday went into self-isolation immediately after one of his close aides tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
The governor and other members of his team were tested by the Lagos State Biobank on Saturday when his result showed he has tested positive for the virus.
This is not the first time Sanwo-Olu is taking the COVID-19 test. He had undergone the test three times since May when he announced that 10 of his aides had tested positive for the virus.
Sanwo-Olu’s spokesman Gboyega Akosile in August disclosed that he, his wife and driver tested positive for COVID-19 earlier.
“My worst fear stared at me in the face; we all tested positive for Coronavirus – my wife, driver and I. I immediately called my driver to inform him,” Akosile said in a Facebook post.
Authorities have been warning of imminent increase in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Nigeria, as the virus enters into its second phase. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday announced that 796 new cases were recorded in the country.
Nigeria has 72,140 confirmed cases – with 65,722 people treated and discharged and 1,190 COVID-19-related deaths.