Chairman of the Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19 and Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Benson Abounu has alleged that index case in the state has refusing to cooperate with his committee to enable contact tracing in the state.

The Deputy Governor who made this known yesterday at the end of the committee’s meeting in Makurdi said it took him and the surveillance team close to seven hours last Saturday to plead with the victim to accept referral from a private hospital in Makurdi to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, Makurdi treatment centre.

The index case had come into the state a week ago from London and sought treatment in a private hospital in Makurdi when she took ill two days later after which the text conduct on her samples by the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC confirmed that she had Coronavirus.

But the index case had taken to social media claiming that she did not have the virus and was not being well treated in the state.

According to the Deputy Governor, “On Saturday I had to plead and pleaded from 2pm to 9pm when she eventually agreed to be moved to the treatment centre, that is after I spoke with two of her brothers.

“Even when a team went to take her vital signs she refused them to treat her. She is simply not cooperating with us to enable us trace her contacts as well.

“But the good news is that her temperature has normalized and coughing has considerably come down. So according to protocol, her samples will still be taken for another test by the NCDC, who did the initial test and confirmed her positive.”

The Deputy Governor explained that since she was responding to treatment she would undergo two more tests to ascertain her status before her release.

Confirming the status of the index case, a Prof. of Public Health at the NCDC, Dr. Steven Abba who was drafted to the state by the centre said the index case was actually confirmed by the NCDC after the necessary tests were carried out on her samples.

“We have an index case in Benue state and the NCDC is working with state team to ensure that it is contained,” Prof. Abba said.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/03/benue-index-case-refusing-to-cooperate-to-enable-contact-tracing/

This is not a welcome dev

Ok

It seems like Benue state want to develop coronavirus by force by fire ooo

Water don pass Garri

Some people stubbornness for this country pass madness,
Nigeria and her Educated illiterates.

She should go and try that rubbish in south korea

The woman accused you guys of blackmail and she cried out!

I did not believe the woman one bit when she was ranting about not having the virus, as if she tested herself. She should better fully comply for the good of all.

I seriously doubt Benue state in all this. She said she didn't have the virus. You guys said she did. Now you are saying her temperature and all is becoming normal. That another tests need to be conducted. Something is telling me things were not properly done in this lady's case. And if she didn't have the virus at first place and you guys insisted she did, I'll advise her to sue you guys for all you are worth, looking at the psychological damage done, to her and her loved ones.

Add: However if she has the virus and claims she does not and keeps frustrating efforts to treat her, thereby endangering her life and public's, she should be charged for an act of terror, even after she might have been cured.

States should provide a suitable and comfortable isolation centres, so that the victims will feel welcomed.....not stigmatized.
She is even lucky to see a Governor who's begging her.

They should deport her!

zikter:
I did not believe the woman one bit when she was ranting about not having the virus, as if she tested herself. She should better fully comply for the good of all.

Don't mind her,
I guess Someone she trusted misinformed her about the whole stuff,and she's been acting on that.

She for stay for London and be acting like this na, dem go just lock her up inside one room till she regain her senses.

COVID-19: Benue index case cries to Buhari, British govt to rescue her from Ortom

By Yemi Itodo

A 54-year old Susan Okpe, who was said to be the Benue index case of Corona Virus, has cried on President Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria and the British Government, to evacuate her from Benue state.

Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom had on Saturday, 28th March, announced that Mrs. Okpe was the Benue's first recorded case of Corona Virus, also known as COVID-19.

Mrs. Okpe, a British Nigerian, arrived the country on Saturday, 21st March via Kenya Airway, for the burial of her mother slated to hold early next month.

According to a family source, Mrs. Okpe ran series of tests before leaving the United Kingdom with all results showing negative to COVID-19.

"When she arrived Benue State on the 23rd of March, she was running temperature, perhaps, due to the fatigue of traveling, an experienced Doctor was contacted and tests were conducted and she was being treated for malaria and typhoid.

"When the NCDC contacted me, on the invitation of the Benue State government, I gave my consent that she should be tested. But as I speak with you, none of us has seen the test result, not even the Medical Director of the Cottage Hospital who assisted the NCDC to get samples, has seen the result. We only got to see through the television where the Governor announced her name", the source hinted our reporter.

Meanwhile, in a message sent via WhatsApp to our reporter, Mrs. Okpe appealed to the Federal Government and the UK Government to move her out of Benue State.

"I have kept my cool, but am now sick with swollen gums, being stooling throughout the night, no nurses or medical attention. My crime is that am a British who came into Nigeria, particularly Benue State; felt feverish, took myself for check up because I have travelled longer than usual.

"After examinations, I was told by the doctor my temperature was high and I said keep me for observations as I did not experience any before I left London, passed from Lagos to Abuja my temperature was like any other passenger was being monitored by the authorities.

"Back to my self presentation and request for isolation which was done, I was told by the doctors that the standard procedure was to call for a test from the state ministry of health of which two gentle men came to do a throat and nose swoop.

"After two days, by now my temperature has normalised from 38:2 to 36:4 the record are there to be verified. Only to be told by the Doctor after asking why am I still kept in the hospital, a friend now came in to tell me that a press conference is being done with my name that I have Covid-19, on air, on social media, without my knowledge.

"I went mad as a human being and demanded to see the Medical Director who told me he was fighting for me; how, why and for what and with who I don’t understand, still fuming the next thing was armed men, ambulance and a siege round the hospital for me to be removed for what I don’t know.

"As someone who knows the principles of the law (weather it works in Nigeria or not I can’t tell), I said I was not moving without a reason, I was surrounded and to stop the embarrassment to my family and poor junior sister who I think is not fair on, I went down to speak with the Deputy Governor for thirty minutes and he assured me I was safe, will be cared for, though not sick with any symptoms, also that the following day the health commissioner and medical doctors from the state will come and see me.

"I told him that if the state is insisting that am ill I should be taken to Abuja to be tested, I have never in my life seen a staged played drama with human life and politics like this before, I want the world, Nigerians, Benue state to hear my side and verify am not a Covid-19 positive, left my children behind in London they are healthy till this moment", Mrs. Okpe cried out.

She pleaded with the authorities concerned to take her to any standard center and verify her claims, as there was no single facility in Benue to even handle or manage any case, should it be true that Benue had a case.

Already, our reporter gathered that, the Consulate General of the UK in Nigeria had been contacted by Mrs. Okpe, whose fundamental rights have been grossly breached and arrangements were underway to get the Presidency to help the British Embassy evacuate her citizen from Benue State, before it results to death.

Mpanyi:
I seriously doubt Benue state in all this. She said she didn't have the virus. You guys said she did. Now you are saying her temperature and all is becoming normal. That another tests need to be conducted. Something is telling me things were not properly done in this lady's case. And if she didn't have the virus at first place and you guys insisted she did, I'll advise her to sue you guys for all you are worth, looking at the psychological damage done, to her and her loved ones.

Nairaland mods, so sorry I will be doing this for the first time..

This guy is insanely Stupid

Mpanyi:
I seriously doubt Benue state in all this. She said she didn't have the virus. You guys said she did. Now you are saying her temperature and all is becoming normal. That another tests need to be conducted. Something is telling me things were not properly done in this lady's case. And if she didn't have the virus at first place and you guys insisted she did, I'll advise her to sue you guys for all you are worth, looking at the psychological damage done, to her and her loved ones.

helinues:
It seems like Benue state want to develop coronavirus by force by fire ooo

Benue does not test for the disease NCDC does.

And to Mpanyi, the temperature is not a confirmatory test for the disease.
Just because someone says they don't have a disease doesn't mean they are telling the truth.
I hope you don't take people's word on disease status e.g HIV.


The woman is a public health danger and should be prosecuted after her isolation period.
I am even surprised they are begging her to move. Well, she is lucky she is in Benue, I trust
Lagos hospitals to treat potential carriers like a leper.

The only sympathy I have for her is Ortom publicly releasing her name.

comradewanle:
COVID-19: Benue index case cries to Buhari, British govt to rescue her from Ortom

By Yemi Itodo

A 54-year old Susan Okpe, who was said to be the Benue index case of Corona Virus, has cried on President Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria and the British Government, to evacuate her from Benue state.

Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom had on Saturday, 28th March, announced that Mrs. Okpe was the Benue's first recorded case of Corona Virus, also known as COVID-19.

Mrs. Okpe, a British Nigerian, arrived the country on Saturday, 21st March via Kenya Airway, for the burial of her mother slated to hold early next month.

According to a family source, Mrs. Okpe ran series of tests before leaving the United Kingdom with all results showing negative to COVID-19.

"When she arrived Benue State on the 23rd of March, she was running temperature, perhaps, due to the fatigue of traveling, an experienced Doctor was contacted and tests were conducted and she was being treated for malaria and typhoid.

"When the NCDC contacted me, on the invitation of the Benue State government, I gave my consent that she should be tested. But as I speak with you, none of us has seen the test result, not even the Medical Director of the Cottage Hospital who assisted the NCDC to get samples, has seen the result. We only got to see through the television where the Governor announced her name", the source hinted our reporter.

Meanwhile, in a message sent via WhatsApp to our reporter, Mrs. Okpe appealed to the Federal Government and the UK Government to move her out of Benue State.

"I have kept my cool, but am now sick with swollen gums, being stooling throughout the night, no nurses or medical attention. My crime is that am a British who came into Nigeria, particularly Benue State; felt feverish, took myself for check up because I have travelled longer than usual.

"After examinations, I was told by the doctor my temperature was high and I said keep me for observations as I did not experience any before I left London, passed from Lagos to Abuja my temperature was like any other passenger was being monitored by the authorities.

"Back to my self presentation and request for isolation which was done, I was told by the doctors that the standard procedure was to call for a test from the state ministry of health of which two gentle men came to do a throat and nose swoop.

"After two days, by now my temperature has normalised from 38:2 to 36:4 the record are there to be verified. Only to be told by the Doctor after asking why am I still kept in the hospital, a friend now came in to tell me that a press conference is being done with my name that I have Covid-19, on air, on social media, without my knowledge.

"I went mad as a human being and demanded to see the Medical Director who told me he was fighting for me; how, why and for what and with who I don’t understand, still fuming the next thing was armed men, ambulance and a siege round the hospital for me to be removed for what I don’t know.

"As someone who knows the principles of the law (weather it works in Nigeria or not I can’t tell), I said I was not moving without a reason, I was surrounded and to stop the embarrassment to my family and poor junior sister who I think is not fair on, I went down to speak with the Deputy Governor for thirty minutes and he assured me I was safe, will be cared for, though not sick with any symptoms, also that the following day the health commissioner and medical doctors from the state will come and see me.

"I told him that if the state is insisting that am ill I should be taken to Abuja to be tested, I have never in my life seen a staged played drama with human life and politics like this before, I want the world, Nigerians, Benue state to hear my side and verify am not a Covid-19 positive, left my children behind in London they are healthy till this moment", Mrs. Okpe cried out.

She pleaded with the authorities concerned to take her to any standard center and verify her claims, as there was no single facility in Benue to even handle or manage any case, should it be true that Benue had a case.

Already, our reporter gathered that, the Consulate General of the UK in Nigeria had been contacted by Mrs. Okpe, whose fundamental rights have been grossly breached and arrangements were underway to get the Presidency to help the British Embassy evacuate her citizen from Benue State, before it results to death.

Prince Charles was tested positive,
And in a week time he was tested negative.

You guys want to start misinforming the citizens with this your rubbish information.

Ustec:

Don't mind her,
I guess Someone she trusted misinformed her about the whole stuff,and she's been acting on that.

She for stay for London and be acting like this na, dem go just lock her up inside one room till she regain her senses.

I wonder why she is putting up such antics

fergie006:
Chairman of the Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19 and Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Benson Abounu has alleged that index case in the state has refusing to cooperate with his committee to enable contact tracing in the state.

The Deputy Governor who made this known yesterday at the end of the committee’s meeting in Makurdi said it took him and the surveillance team close to seven hours last Saturday to plead with the victim to accept referral from a private hospital in Makurdi to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, Makurdi treatment centre.

The index case had come into the state a week ago from London and sought treatment in a private hospital in Makurdi when she took ill two days later after which the text conduct on her samples by the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC confirmed that she had Coronavirus.

But the index case had taken to social media claiming that she did not have the virus and was not being well treated in the state.

According to the Deputy Governor, “On Saturday I had to plead and pleaded from 2pm to 9pm when she eventually agreed to be moved to the treatment centre, that is after I spoke with two of her brothers.

“Even when a team went to take her vital signs she refused them to treat her. She is simply not cooperating with us to enable us trace her contacts as well.

“But the good news is that her temperature has normalized and coughing has considerably come down. So according to protocol, her samples will still be taken for another test by the NCDC, who did the initial test and confirmed her positive.”

The Deputy Governor explained that since she was responding to treatment she would undergo two more tests to ascertain her status before her release.

Confirming the status of the index case, a Prof. of Public Health at the NCDC, Dr. Steven Abba who was drafted to the state by the centre said the index case was actually confirmed by the NCDC after the necessary tests were carried out on her samples.

“We have an index case in Benue state and the NCDC is working with state team to ensure that it is contained,” Prof. Abba said.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/03/benue-index-case-refusing-to-cooperate-to-enable-contact-tracing/

Olosho......exposing her contacts will break homes. She needs to uphold the silence code of her profession.

The woman says she is not positive , Governor Orton says she is positive by fire by force

This is not adding up

The woman said she's not positive, but she said she was tested...did she see her result showing negative while the government is claiming positive?

The government official said she's recovering and will be retested, are they really sure she tested positive or was the sample truly sent to NCDC or they just want to test her now?

For the sake of Venue people, NCDC should get involved, take a fresh sample, give the true result but in the meantime, start rounding up contacts starting with the brothers and sisters, to the private hospital staff

Ustec:

Prince Charles was tested positive,
And in a week time he was tested negative.

You guys want to start misinforming the citizens with this your rubbish information.

I don't think you read the post at all before pouring out stupid statement. You chose to believe whatever you want.

Mpanyi:
I seriously doubt Benue state in all this. She said she didn't have the virus. You guys said she did. Now you are saying her temperature and all is becoming normal. That another tests need to be conducted. Something is telling me things were not properly done in this lady's case. And if she didn't have the virus at first place and you guys insisted she did, I'll advise her to sue you guys for all you are worth, looking at the psychological damage done, to her and her loved ones.

How can the woman say she doesn't have the virus? Did she test herself?

Mpanyi:
I seriously doubt Benue state in all this. She said she didn't have the virus. You guys said she did. Now you are saying her temperature and all is becoming normal. That another tests need to be conducted. Something is telling me things were not properly done in this lady's case. And if she didn't have the virus at first place and you guys insisted she did, I'll advise her to sue you guys for all you are worth, looking at the psychological damage done, to her and her loved ones.

The woman has the virus.

She is one of those returnees from UK that tested positive at the Nigerian Institute for Medical Research Yaba, Lagos.

She is one of those who escaped and the institute is tracking for "Contact tracing"

See screenshots below:

The woman should please cooperate with government in the interest of the larger population. What will she gain if she spread the virus to her relatives and friends? This is not the time to be stubborn. The guy that died yesterday was also playing hide and seek with NCDC. Only God knows how many people he has infected before dying. This is the time for everybody to work together with all relevant government agencies.

backnbeta:
This is not adding up

The woman said she's not positive, but she said she was tested...did she see her result showing negative while the government is claiming positive?

The government official said she's recovering and will be retested, are they really sure she tested positive or was the sample truly sent to NCDC or they just want to test her now?

For the sake of Venue people, NCDC should get involved, take a fresh sample, give the true result but in the meantime, start rounding up contacts starting with the brothers and sisters, to the private hospital staff

Go and read again NCDC confirmed her positive