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A former Senate Deputy Whip and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Senator Hosea Ayoola Agboola (aka Alleluyah), on Thursday, dispelled fake news on the social media that the Coronavirus patient discovered in Ibadan was his daughter linked to the owner of A3 Hotel in Ibadan.
Agboola in a phone chat with reporters, said: “How on earth can any right-thinking person concoct a fake story on the ravaging Coronavirus, which everybody across the globe is raising concern about and looking for a way to end its further spread?
“The writer was so numb, irresponsible and totally inhuman. The Commissioner of Health, Dr. Bashir Bello, had at a news conference told the whole world that the Coronavirus victim discovered on Wednesday in Ibadan was a man in his 50s.
“The commissioner said the man arrived Bodija area of Ibadan from the United Kingdom, and had been isolated for the past four days.
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“The UK returnee living in Ibadan had a temperature spike of 37.9 celsius and his blood sample was subsequently taken to Lagos COVID-19 testing facility of the NCDC.”
He said why will anybody now say a Coronavirus patient is the daughter of the owner of A3 Hotel in Ibadan?
“The person is much likely to be a fraudster using the Internet to misinform the public. Or how do you describe a person who has been calling me through anonymous calls with the intent to possibly defraud me since Thursday morning?
“I use this medium to inform the public to disregard such misinformation and consider it as one of the fake news trending everywhere.
“The A3 Hotel is in tune with the global reality and we have put in place safety measures to safeguard the health of our numerous customers,” Agboola added.
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