I’ll Be Back To My Desk Soon- Ikpeazu
POLITICS DIGEST– Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia state, says he is doing fine and not showing any symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19.
It would be recalled that the governor was tested positive of the virus on Sunday and have been in self isolation to avoid spreading it.
Enyinnaya Apollos, his spokesman, quoted him as saying this during a chat they had on Wednesday.
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The governor was also said to have asked his team to carry on with the governance of the state as he looked forward to returning soon.
Writing via his Facebook page, Apollos said: “He (Ikpeazu) said to me: ‘I’m very fine. Unu jide stage (you people should carry on with work), very soon I will be back. I’m doing fine’.
On Monday, John Okiyi Kalu, Abia commissioner of information in the state, announced that Ikpeazu tested positive for the coronavirus and has been in isolation since submitting his sample.
He said the governor has directed the deputy governor to act on his behalf pending the time he resumes duty.
Abia has 97 of the 13,800 COVID-19 cases recorded so far in Nigeria.
