By Justina Asishana, Minna

Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has tested positive for COVID-19 and has gone into isolation.

Bello took to his Twitter page on Monday evening to confirm that he had tested positive.

He wrote: “I have tested positive to #COVID19. However, I am asymptomatic and have gone into isolation.”

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The Nation reported last week that three commissioners tested positive for COVID-19. Other commissioners were directed to undergo the test.

However, the Secretary to the Niger State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, who had confirmed that the commissioners tested positive, denied it the next day, saying the claim was false.

He claimed that no one in the state executive council had tested positive.