Bauchi state’s Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has been confirmed positive to Coronavirus.
His Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, made this announcement through a statement on Tuesday afternoon.
This comes a day after the governor took the test after he had contact with the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who was confirmed to have been infected with the virus.
The statement by Gidado said, “This is to inform the general public that of the six initial tests carried out by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on His Excellency, his family members and aides that accompanied him to Lagos is out.
“One result was confirmed positive and it happened to be that of His Excellency, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Executive governor of Bauchi.
“The governor is in self-isolation as his doctors and officials of NCDC have taken full charge of his quarantine.”