BREAKING: BAUCHI GOVERNOR, BALA MOHAMMED, TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS

Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State.

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

According to Channeltv, 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, was confirmed to have been infected with the virus.

It will be recall that the governor went into a 14-day self-isolation as recommended by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) a few days ago.

According to the information from Ladan Salihu, Former director-general of Radio Nigeria, Governor Bala Mohammed had contact with the son of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who tested positive to the virus on Sunday evening.

His tweet read, “Our Governor Bala Mohammed is in self-isolation following contact with Atiku Abubakar’s Son. Yes. We were on the same flight from Lagos to Abuja.

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