Covid-19: Sanwo-Olu Goes Into Self-Isolation |The Source

By Chidi Onyewuchi

Lagosians are not likely to see their Governor in “active service”, for at least 14 days, no thanks to COVID-19 protocols.

The Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for precautionary reasons has gone into self-isolation.

This is because one of his close aides tested positive for COVID-19 on  the10th of December.

In a statement, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, himself, a COVID-19 survivor, informed that:

“Mr. Governor and other members of his team will be tested by the Lagos State biobank today but will remain in isolation until the results of the tests are available.

“We are seeing slightly increasing number of COVID-19 positive cases in clusters in Lagos and all Lagosians should adhere to the prescribed advisories of safe distancing, good hand and respiratory hygiene and avoidance of unnecessary gatherings.”

To calm nerves and anxiety, he added:

“This is not the first time Mr. Governor is having the COVID-19 test. He has had at least three since May when he announced that 10 of his aides had tested positive for the virus.”

This is, however, the first time the Commissioner is issuing a public statement that the Governor would be in self-isolation.

Sanwo-Olu’s wife, Ibijoke, is a Medical Doctor, and was the Chief Medical Director of the  General Hospital, Ifako, Lagos,  before she became the First Lady, Lagos State.