I'm not responsible for your problem,Ortom tells index case.
I'm not responsible for your problem,Ortom tells index case.
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has told the alleged COVID-19 index case in the state, Mrs Susan Okpe, that he is not the architect of her woes.
United Kingdom-based Okpe, who was in the state in March for a burial, has accused the federal and state governments of keeping her in an isolation centre after claiming she was coronavirus positive and named as Benue’s index case.
In a viral video, Okpe claimed she had not taken any medication in her 43 days in isolation and had not developed COVID-19 symptoms.
She accused Ortom of stigmatisation by disclosing her identity and not forwarding the results of the tests to her.
But the governor denied her accusation, saying it was the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control that carried out the COVID-19 test on her.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, on Saturday, Ortom said he had no regrets in revealing Okpe’s identity.
“But here, Mrs Okpe has refused treatment and taken to the daily production of videos to castigate all medical personnel who attempt to attend to her, government officials and anyone who holds a contrary opinion regarding her case.”
“She claimed not to have seen her COVID-19 test results, and in another breath described the same results as fake. How was she able to know that the results are fake without seeing them?

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