A car conveying some
persons and a corpse suspected to have died from COVID-19 complications was
intercepted by the Osun State Police Command.
The Vanguard report
indicated that the corpse was transported from Oyo into Osun state last
weekend, in a Mazda 323 salon car with registration number KFS 409 EH and the
car was intercepted at Odo-Oba border point in Iwo local government area of the
state.
However after the
driver, Ismaila Ademola who was also transporting a sick person in company of
others was asked to return to Ibadan since the Osun State borders were closed,
he decided to hide in a bush path waiting for the security operatives to leave
the point.
The car which was
discovered after a police team combed the bush path, was led to Oyo State
boundary town and handed over to ASP Adebayo Michael at Iyana Offa in Oyo
State, alongside its occupants.
It was further
gathered that one of the sick passengers identified as Yusuf Ishola, who was
present throughout the interrogation died in the car after coughing
uncontrollably.
Osun Police Spokesperson,
Yemisi Opalopa confirming the incident said the vehicle was directed to return to Oyo
State because the medical team attached to the police team suspected that the
deceased died of coronavirus.
Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bashir
Bello disclosed that they are yet to be fully briefed about the incident, but
added that the state government will investigate the case.
Chief Press Secretary
to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, Ismail Omipidan stated that the Osun state
government will not allow anyone sabotage its fight against Coronavirus.
