The identity of the second Nigerian to die of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country has been revealed
Recall Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Enahire, announced the death on Monday at a press briefing in Abuja, disclosing that the death occurred last weekend but refused to disclose the identity of the victim.
Reports reaching us from the South-East yesterday identified the CEO of Fancy Hotel, Owerri, Mr. Christogonus Aguwa Osuagwu, who recently returned to Nigeria from Europe, as the second person in the country to die of Covid-19
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It was gathered Aguwa did not subject himself to be tested or observed the compulsory 14days quarantine directives by the Nigerian government, he instead flew to Abuja where he died (on Sunday)
His hotel located at Umuguma in Owerri “has been shut down . . . by the Imo State Government while all the guests quarantined.
His immediate family whom he visited in Ahiazu Mbaise as soon as he came back from Europe have also been quarantined,” the report further said.
The first person to die of COVID-19 in Nigeria was Engr. Suleiman Achimugu, a former Managing Director of the Products and Pipelines Marketing Company (PPMC).
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