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“Is Abia no longer in the Bible” Twitter users call out Governor Ikpeazu as Abia records two COVID-19 cases

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  • Some Nigerians on Twitter have called out Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu after the state recorded its first two COVID-19 cases
  • The governor stated earlier that the deadly virus cannot be recorded in Abia because Abia is not only state mentioned in the bible.

Abia State has recorded two new cases of the deadly coronavirus.

NCDC took too its official Twitter handle to announce this. These two cases happen to be the first cases in the state since the outbreak of the disease in the country.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control confirmed the cases on Monday, April 20, tweeting:

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia State Governor.

Commissioner for information in Abia state, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, further confirmed this in a statement and noted that they have swung into action.

Part of the statement reads, “We have received the report of two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Abia State this (Monday) evening from NCDC. Both patients are advanced in age but currently stable at an isolation centre in our state.

“On the direction of the Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, we have deployed our ventilators to the isolation center in readiness for their use if eventually required to nurse them back to good health.

“Our well-trained medical personnel are offering all necessary support and we hope and pray the patients survive this ailment.

“Contact tracing has commenced in earnest and our rapid response team is currently moving to bring in those who may have had contact with the two index cases.

“Meanwhile, the result of ‘Prosper Vincent’ returned negative and he will promptly be released from isolation,” he said.

“The two Coronavirus patients in Abia State are from Ukwa and Umuahia North areas and those who may have come in contact with them have been advised to immediately call 0700 2242 362.

In any case, after the announcement of COVID-19 cases in Abia State was made, Nigerians took to Twitter to call out the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu.

Governor Okezie had earlier on, made a statement that Coronavirus cannot be recorded in Abia State because Abia is the only state mentioned in the Bible.

He said this during a Live Facebook chat with Onyebuchi Ememanka, his chief press secretary.

Actually, In the Bible, Luke ch.1 vs.5 traces the origin of one certain priest “Abia”

The verse reads: “There was on the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.” (KJV).

The governor most probably referring to the chapter said that God will not allow any disease to touch his people.

He said at the time: “Abia is the only state that is mentioned in the Bible. We have a promise from God that none of these diseases will touch God’s people. And I hold on to God’s promise.

“We saw Ebola, it did not get to us. We saw monkey pox, it didn’t get to us. Even this one (coronavirus) will also pass us by.”

However, two new cases have been recorded in the state and with these cases, Twitter users were patiently waiting for this have started to call him out.

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