After about a week of recovery from the ravaging coronavirus, Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has recounted his experience with the virus.
Speaking during an interview, the governor said he has no idea how he contacted the infection, which he said almost left him dead.
He said, “I could have died, if not for my doctors. I followed their instructions strictly and took my medications,” el-Rufai said in Hausa.
“My wives collaborated with Dr Hadiza, the deputy governor and seized my phones while in isolation. I was only left with an iPad, the device I used to read and go online.
“I survived it, someone else may not, that is why we are very serious about the disease. I went through trauma, even when I spoke online from isolation, I was battling with a debilitating headache. I won’t like even my enemy to suffer from coronavirus.
“I can’t exactly say how I contracted the coronavirus. But I was in Abuja and had interacted with many people, some from overseas.
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“I was assigned to chair committees by the government. I believe it was from these interactions that I got the virus.”
The governor who was the index case in the state advised Nigerians to adhere strictly to global health practices.
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