Fleeing Lagos COVID-19 patient accosted in 15-seater bus in Benue

A man who fled Lagos after testing positive for Coronavirus was intercepted by the Benue state action committee on COVID-19 in a Gboko bound fifteen-seater bus at Otukpo, Benue state.

The man who boarded the bus from Lagos said he decided to return home following his mother’s advice.

Chairman of the committee, Benson Abounu told journalists that all the fifteen passengers including the positive case from Lagos have been isolated and their samples were taken to Abuja for testing.