Anthony Iwuoma
Contrary to reports in a section of the media that six isolated coronavirus victims were missing in Ejigbo, Osun State, the state government has clarified that only one returnee is missing.
In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, the state government denied issuing any statement, declaring six persons missing from the isolation centre.
The statement said: “Our attention has been drawn to a story purporting that six persons were missing from our Isolation centre in Ejigbo.
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“One of the writers quoted a non-existent statement from the government to lend some measure of credibility to the story.
“Nothing can be further from the truth. As a government, we have not issued any statement to confirm or deny such story. Besides, a quick check showed that the name and number of the first person on the list of the purported missing patients, is indeed currently in our facility in Ejigbo.
“Recall that about a week ago, we received 127 returnees from Ivory Coast and we have kept them since then to avoid community transfer of the virus.
“This morning we embarked on a headcount and found out that only one person could not be accounted for by officials stationed at the Isolation centre out of the 127 persons.”