{"id":19649,"date":"2020-06-08T13:31:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T13:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19649"},"modified":"2020-06-08T13:31:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T13:31:53","slug":"gov-ikpeazu-of-abia-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19649","title":{"rendered":"Gov Ikpeazu of Abia tests positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu<\/a> has tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news of the governor\u2019s coronavirus status was made public by the state Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commissioner said that the governor had self isolated before his COVID-19 result returned positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConsequent on the above, the Governor has directed his Deputy, Rt Hon Ude Oko Chukwu, to act on his behalf pending his full resumption of duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wish to urge all Abians to take the fight against\u00a0COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0serious as the disease is real but not a death sentence. Our state has the resources to manage patients back to good health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development is coming after the governor recently announced that he and his family members had tested negative for the dreaded disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had, however, regretted that two of his aides tested positive for the virus then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had also boasted that the case of coronavirus pandemic would not be recorded in Abia State, because it was the only state mentioned in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governor made the boast in a trending video on Facebook showing him chatting with his Chief Press Secretary, Onyebuchi Ememanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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