SHOCKING!! Benue Covid-19 Index Case Survivor, Susan Idoko Okpe Narrated Her Experience In The Isolation Centre
SHOCKING!! Benue Covid-19 Index Case Survivor, Susan Idoko Okpe Narrated Her Experience In The Isolation Centre
A 58-year-old Nigerian-British, Susan Idoko-Okpe, who was isolated for 58 days as the index case of coronavirus in Benue State, has narrated her conversation with the Chief Medical Officer of her isolation centre before her release on Wednesday.
Idoko-Okpe, who arrived in Nigeria from the United Kingdom on March 22, had protested that a positive COVID-19 test result, which led to her being taken to the Benue State Isolation Centre in Makurdi on March 27 and subsequently to the National Hospital in Abuja, did not belong to her.
The woman, who spoke in a telephone conversation with a UK-based Nigerian vlogger, Olajumoke Ariyo, stated that she had been accommodated at her friend’s home in an undisclosed location.
In the recorded video in circulation, Okpe revealed that the last test given to her showed that she was still positive for coronavirus.
She, however, said the health officials asked her to go, having met with the requirement of the World Health Organisation.
She promised to reveal more about her ordeal in her “medical detention.”
In the video, Okpe said,
Idoko-Okpe, however, refused to disclose her location to anyone, saying she was happy to be alive.
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