“Is Abia no longer in the Bible?” Twitter users drag Governor Ikpeazu as Abia state records two COVID-19 cases
Twitter users have taken to the platform to call out Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu after the state recorded its first two COVID-19 cases, despite the governor’s remark that the deadly virus cannot be recorded in Abia.
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Abia State has recorded two new cases, NCDC announced on Twitter. These are the first cases recorded in the South-Eastern state since the outbreak began.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control confirmed the cases on Monday, April 20, tweeting:
Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
23 in Kano
5 in Gombe
3 in Kaduna
2 in Borno
2 in Abia
1 in FCT
1 in Sokoto
1 in Ekiti
As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 188
Deaths: 22
With two new cases in the state, Twitter users were all too ready to call him out.
See some reactions below:
