Tension rose on Thursday at the Anambra State Government House over an alleged mass infection of government officials with COVID-19.
Those allegedly infected by the disease included Governor Willie Obiano, his wife, Ebelechukwu, and other top government officials.
There had been reports that a governor’s aide said Obiano had shunned public functions since Christmas.
But a statement by the media aide to Primus Odili, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Chike Okoli, said the report of COVID-19 infection was a cheap blackmail.
Okoli stated, “The recent viral post that there has been a coronavirus scare in government house is not only infantile but the height of mischief, obviously driven by envy and jealousy.
“For the records, there’s no such scare in government house. The governor is 100 per cent fine and going about his administrative duties diligently.”