Yobe Strange Deaths: 68 Buried In Potiskum In Three Days
The wave of strange deaths in some northern states has unfold to Yobe.
In the state’s commercial town Potiskum, no fewer than 68 bodies have been buried in 3 days.
There were suspicions and fears that some of the people might also have died of complications arising from COVID-19 infection.
Commissioner for Health Mohammed Lawan Gana, who's additionally the Vice Chairman of the State Committee at the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 said the government became investigating the reasons of the atypical deaths.
According to him, the death could not be completely linked to the cutting-edge pandemic neither could it's denied as having no affiliation with the virus.
He introduced that the government had deployed a group of health personnel to behavior verbal autopsy, a process need to be meticulous and systematic to shield against mistakes.
The commissioner said: “These rumors happened. People die due to numerous causes. We might not say it's miles coronavirus. When this sort of issue happens. We have our popular approaches of doing things. We have sent out a team to go to the local government to set up that those deaths are happening and the causes.
“But similarly to that, we've got built in intervention, to fish out active case files. We want people to return to the health centers and now not to fear to return. We name on the media to assist us solve the problem now not to escalate any terrible rumours.”
But a grave yard attendant in Potiskum, who spoke with our reporter, said: “Oga, we don’t recognise why human beings are dying like this. We too want to recognize what the trouble is but we don’t recognize. We need the government to find out and tell us what is taking place.
“But it's far most effective journalists which can be calling us and asking us questions. No authorities reputable has come to the grave backyard to ask us anything.”
According to him, the variety of deaths persisted to upward thrust as more people were being buried on the grave yards in Potiskum inside the closing three days, declaring that his guys buried approximately 68 our bodies in the closing three days at numerous graveyards.
He said the Mamman Ali grave backyard on Gashua Road acquired 48 our bodies for burial in the ultimate 3 days.
The attendant gave the info of some of the graveyards and the bodies buried in them as NEPA (seven); Garin Jaji eight); Gishua Dabua (six) and Bayin Asibiti (four) besides the 10 graves dug by way of attendants at the Mamman Ali Cemetery.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday, recommended the Yobe State authorities for ordering an research into the thriller deaths lately mentioned in a few elements of the state.
Lawan had expressed challenge on the reports that many people have died of yet unknown reason(s), specifically in Gashua, Nguru and Portiskum communities.
The Senate President in a statement by way of his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, said he welcomed the announcement through the State government that it would launch an investigation into the cause of the deaths
In the state’s commercial town Potiskum, no fewer than 68 bodies have been buried in 3 days.
There were suspicions and fears that some of the people might also have died of complications arising from COVID-19 infection.
Commissioner for Health Mohammed Lawan Gana, who's additionally the Vice Chairman of the State Committee at the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 said the government became investigating the reasons of the atypical deaths.
According to him, the death could not be completely linked to the cutting-edge pandemic neither could it's denied as having no affiliation with the virus.
He introduced that the government had deployed a group of health personnel to behavior verbal autopsy, a process need to be meticulous and systematic to shield against mistakes.
The commissioner said: “These rumors happened. People die due to numerous causes. We might not say it's miles coronavirus. When this sort of issue happens. We have our popular approaches of doing things. We have sent out a team to go to the local government to set up that those deaths are happening and the causes.
“But similarly to that, we've got built in intervention, to fish out active case files. We want people to return to the health centers and now not to fear to return. We name on the media to assist us solve the problem now not to escalate any terrible rumours.”
But a grave yard attendant in Potiskum, who spoke with our reporter, said: “Oga, we don’t recognise why human beings are dying like this. We too want to recognize what the trouble is but we don’t recognize. We need the government to find out and tell us what is taking place.
“But it's far most effective journalists which can be calling us and asking us questions. No authorities reputable has come to the grave backyard to ask us anything.”
According to him, the variety of deaths persisted to upward thrust as more people were being buried on the grave yards in Potiskum inside the closing three days, declaring that his guys buried approximately 68 our bodies in the closing three days at numerous graveyards.
He said the Mamman Ali grave backyard on Gashua Road acquired 48 our bodies for burial in the ultimate 3 days.
The attendant gave the info of some of the graveyards and the bodies buried in them as NEPA (seven); Garin Jaji eight); Gishua Dabua (six) and Bayin Asibiti (four) besides the 10 graves dug by way of attendants at the Mamman Ali Cemetery.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday, recommended the Yobe State authorities for ordering an research into the thriller deaths lately mentioned in a few elements of the state.
Lawan had expressed challenge on the reports that many people have died of yet unknown reason(s), specifically in Gashua, Nguru and Portiskum communities.
The Senate President in a statement by way of his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, said he welcomed the announcement through the State government that it would launch an investigation into the cause of the deaths
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