The Staff of Federal Medical Centre, (FMC) Lokoja, this morning attacked by unknown gunmen while in a meeting to pressure Kogi State Government to established Covid-19 testing center in Kogi State.
According to information gather by Omokoshaban, the staff, called for meeting following the death of Kogi State Chief Judge, Who died from Covid-19 complications in Abuja isolation few days ago, to pressure Kogi government to established Covid-19 testing center so that they will not be referring patient to Abuja.
But the meeting turn violence as gunman sponsors by unknown invade the meeting venue, short sporadically into the air to scare people away, then went to the records and admin department where they seized laptops and destroyed a few things. They ransacked the Medical Director’s office, too.
Speaking at a prayer session for the late Nasir Ajana, Kogi Chief Judge, on Tuesday, Governor Yahaya Bello had said COVID-19 was created to shorten the lifestyle of the people.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has so far announced three cases of COVID-19 in Kogi but the state government has insisted that the state was free of the disease.
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