Breaking: Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, tests positive for Coronavirus

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, announced this in a statement on Tuesday.

This comes a day after the governor took the test after he had contact with the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, confirmed to have been infected with the virus.