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Wave of strange deaths hits Yobe communities

chuks oti

May 06, 2020

A gale of strange deaths has hit some Yobe communities in the last one week.

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Our correspondent gathered that Potiskum and Gashua towns in Postiskum and Bade Local Government of the state are the most affected by the development.

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Recods obtained from different graveyards in Potiskum by AFNews indicate with a space of one week, not less than 100 people were buried.

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A breakdown of the figures show: Mamman Ali 49 graveyard; Hospital graveyard-12; SOCOL graveyard-18; Gishiwa Dabua graveyard-11; Nasarawa graveyard-6; Lamba Mai Adikko graveyard-2.

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The same scenario is reported in Gashua where more than 50 were reported to have died within three days.

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Investigation revealed that the deceased were mostly elderly.

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It is unclear if the deaths had anything to do with COVID-19.

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The Commissioner for Health Mohammed Lawan Gana, who is also the Vice Chairman of the Committee on COVID-19, said investigations were on to know the causes of the deaths.

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"The ministry of Health is investigating the cause of the deaths but until we find out the cause, we cannot associate it to COVID 19," Gana said.

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