Badeggi
in the Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State was thrown into
confusion when one of the passengers that violated the interstate night
travel ban died in a commercial vehicle.
It was learnt that a
commercial bus with registration number, JJJ 349 XN, was travelling from
Lagos to a northern state through the Bida- Badeggi-Lambata high way
when the vehicle broke down at Badeggi.
Our correspondent
gathered that one George Udom, alerted the Niger State Task Force on
COVID-19 to the presence of the bus at Badeggi in the early hours of
Thursday.
The Bida zonal unit of the task force upon getting
there discovered that one of the passengers suspected to be a COVID -19
patient had died.
The Chairman of the state COVID-19 task force,
who is also the Secretary to Niger State Government, Ibrahim Matane,
briefed Governor Abubakar Bello about the development.
Director
General of ICT and Public Enlightenment in the Governor’s Office, Abdul
Bergki, who also confirmed this in his official Twitter handle, said,
“To avoid infection, the chairman has been directed to call mechanics,
fix the vehicle and escort the bus out of Niger State with security
personnel back to where they are coming from and hand them over to the
authorities there.
“All those to be involved must wear face mask, hand gloves, eyeglasses before touching the vehicle for repairs.” 
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