A Kano based Regional Manager with a first-generation bank, simply identified as Abdullahi Lawal has reportedly died of a suspected case of COVID-19.
Family sources said the late Banker took ill on Friday and was first put on admission at a private clinic in Kano from where he was referred to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
The Nation reports that late Lawal who was on his early 50โs was rushed to a private clinic after he suffered high fever, intermittent cough, and respiratory hiccups without getting medical care before he gave up the ghost.
According to the sources, the late Lawal was placed on Oxygen on arrival at the private clinic, and the treatment was discontinued after he displayed no signs of stability.
One Hajiya Salma Ahmed who claimed to be a mother in-law to the decease in viral audio obtained by this tabloid painted a gory picture of how National Centre for Disease Control frustrated attempt to secure a helpline.
Hajiya Ahmed said โthe family had called the โKano NCDCโ line several times but couldnโt get through. They finally got to โAbuja NCDCโ, and were assured that officials in Kano would visit the patient to take his samples.
Salma explained that โbut no one visited up till her son-in-law died in agony, and she was now worried that her daughter and other family members might also have the virus.โ
