Idris Ahmed, Lokoja.
A Principal officer in the Kogi state House of Assembly who returned from a foreign trip last week has been reported to have refused to either isolate or quarantined and is busy mingling with people all over Lokoja, the state capital.
There is apprehension and panic in Kogi state as news went veral that one of the state lawmakers who just returned from the US refused to isolate himself for 14 days as ordered by the federal government and instead went round the state capital visiting popular social and recreation centres.
The lawmaker, Hon. Abdullahi Balogun Bello representing Ajaokuta state constituency was said to have arrived the country by weekend and was spotted at a popular restaurant “Missi T” on Sunday afternoon and later in the night at the Lokoja club in company of some girls.
A source close to the lawmaker said he visited the US where he was residing before his election into the house and two other European countries before he returned to the country
It was also learnt that two other lecturers from Kogi State University who were on study leave in one of the European countries also sneaked into the state by weekend and their whereabouts are still unknown.
Sources said the issue of the lawmaker and the two lecturers was raised on Monday at the inauguration of the “Squadron team”, the high powered committee set up by the state government to stem the spread of the disease in the state
The state commissioner of health, Saka Audu was said to have been mandated to issue a statement on the danger of the spread of the deadly disease in the state and to caution citizens on the need to adhere strictly to WHO warnings.
It was gathered from reliable source that despite appeals by close associate to go for medical test, the lawmaker who is the majority leader in the state Assembly is said to be moving freely round the state with nobody daring to confront him to do the needful.
All efforts to reach him for his reaction through his cell phone, proved abortive, as he did not pick his calls.
