UPDATE: Minister Of Health, Osagie Ehanire Denies Claims Of FG Holding Benue COVID19 Patient Against Her Will (Video)

Mrs Susan Okpe, Dr Osagie Ehanire

Dr Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria's Minister of Health, has reacted to claims made by Mrs. Susan Okpe, the index case of COVID-19 in Benue State that she's being detained by the FG. 

The London based woman, in a new video shared online, accused the Federal Government of keeping her for treatment against her will.

Reacting to her claim, the Minister at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday April 14, explained that Okpe has been tested twice for Covid 19 and both tests came back positive but that she has refused to accept the results, insisting that they are fake because she is not showing any symptom of the disease.

The Minister said efforts are being made to carry out a third test on her and that if the test comes back negative, she would be discharged.

Watch the video of the Minister speaking below;

 

 

 

 

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Dr Osagie Ehanire has reacted to claims made by Mrs. Susan Okpe, the index case of COVID-19 in Benue State that she's being detained by the FG. . . The London based woman, in a new video shared online, accused the Federal Government of keeping her for treatment against her will. . . The Minister at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday April 14th, explained that Okpe has been tested twice for the viral disease and they came back positive but she has insisted that both results are fake because she is not showing any symptom of the disease. The Minister said efforts are being made to carry out a third test on her.

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