By - evacuee who died was as a result of government neglect, and not coronavirus- returnees protest
Nigerians who recently returned from Dubai, Wednesday, called out the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi for claiming one of them died of COVID-19 virus at the isolation center where they being held.
The angered returnees, who staged a protest at a hotel in Lekki, where they are being isolated, stated that the evacuee who died was as a result of government neglect, and not coronavirus, while questioning the commissioner for telling the press on Tuesday that one of them died of COVID-19.
“The Lagos Health Commissioner came to visit us and we challenged him for saying that one of us died yesterday. What happened was that one of us had surgery in Dubai and he returned in a wheelchair.
“Instead of taking him to a hospital because he was in critical condition, they decided to keep him in the isolation centre with us for two days and his condition got worse. He was then taken to a hospital where he eventually died. But the commissioner told the public that it was COVID-19 that killed him.
“When we challenged the commissioner, he said he was misquoted by the media. We brought out our phones and told him to say it while we record, but he refused.”
