Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has contracted the dreaded COVID-19, having tested positive for the virus.
Ortom’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, announced this on Wednesday.
Recently, many of Governor Ortom’s aides, including his personal physician, aide de camp, orderly, permanent secretaries, among others, tested positive for the virus.
The governor’s spokesman, in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi, said that “the latest result of his (Governor Ortom’s) COVID-19 test has returned positive.
The statement read, “This follows the test results of most of the Governor’s close aides who also returned positive in the last few weeks.
“Though the Governor has not shown any symptoms of the disease, he has already commenced treatment as prescribed by medical personnel.”
It added that the governor advised those who have come in contact with him in the last couple of days to go for test.
“The Governor says it is equally important that those who came in contact with other persons who have tested positive for the virus should go for a test to ascertain their COVID-19 status,” it added.
Akase said that Governor Ortom further enjoined Benue people to continue to observe the protocol for the prevention of the virus such as wearing of face masks, use of sanitisers, regular hand washing and physical distancing.
He urged them not to be afraid of going for COVID-19 test as only doing so would help in containing the spread of the disease.