Residents of Ondo State are exercising fear over three new confirmed cases of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
This has brought to seven the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.
Governor Ouwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Sunday in his Twitter page disclosed that one of the three new cases is one of the suspected killers of Mrs Olufunke Olakunrin, daughter of the Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
The suspect was brought before an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court last week and was remanded at Owo Correctional Centre, alongside three other suspects by the trial Magistrate, Victoria Bob-Manuel.
Akeredolu promised to shed more light on all the cases during his weekly briefing on Monday.
The Governor said: “One of the cases involves one of the recently arraigned suspects in the murder of Mrs. Funke Olakunori, Pa Fasoranti’s daughter.
“The Commissioner of Police has been duly informed and the line tracing of police officers and others in the SARS facility where he was kept has started and their specimens are being collected.
“The suspect has been isolated from others and will be moved to the IDH for treatment. The Commissioner of Police has assured the state that there will be adequate security around the IDH premises to prevent his escape and while on treatment, he will be manacled to the bed.
“I will expatiate on all cases in my weekly press briefing tomorrow”.
However, reacting to the new cases yesterday, some residents in Akure expressed worries over the increasing cases in the state, appealing to government to take necessary actions to prevent the community transmission of the virus.
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