Police authorities and officials of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are in search of a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) who tested positive for COVID-19 but ran away.

The Nation reported that the CSP had disappeared when a team came to evacuate him on Friday afternoon, The Nation has learnt.

According to the report, the CSP (no name) assigned to 21 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Nyanya, Abuja, was billed to be evacuated from his residence at Garki Barracks around 2 pm on Friday, 15th May.

It was not clear how and why the senior officer who had been under quarantine and treatment at the National Hospital Abuja Isolation Centre after he tested positive left the hospital.

He was said to have returned to his home where he continued self-treatment with the aid of his friends and colleagues till NCDC officials came for him.

“He was later seen driving out of the barracks in his car to an unknown destination. His mobile phone has remained unreachable.

“Surveillance teams have been set up to trail and take him into custody. Police medical team has alerted and on standby,” said a source.

When The Nation Contacted the Police spokesman for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command Mansah, he said he was oblivious of the event and promised to return the call.

However, as of the time of the report, he had not.