Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Kogi State Government, has said that the late Chief Judge of Kogi state, Justice Nasiru Ajanah didn’t die of Covid-19 but a natural death.
Speaking in Lokoja on Tuesday being 30th June, 2020 at a 3-day fidau prayer for the repose of the late Justice Ajanah, governor Bello urged citizens of the state not to live in fear stressing that covid-19 is an importation into the country and forced on the people.
He stated that the late Justice Ajanah died a natural death, urged the people not to attribute his death to anything other than natural as is being insinuated in some quarters for Political and mischief purposes.
He lamented that the disease is artificial but unfortunately marjeed and sold to Nigerians as he described the disease as worst than banditry, Boko Haram and genocide.
Governor Yahaya Bello advised citizens not to give in to fear and evil of the issues of Covid-19, saying it is a diseases that has been imported, propagated and forced on the people for no just cause.
“Nothing kills faster like fear, people should not accept cut and paste, covid-19 is only out to create fear, panic, pandemic, it is a disease orchestrated to reduce and shorten the lifespan of the people “Whether Medical experts and Scientist believe it or not, covid19 is out to shorten the lifestyle of the people, it is a disease propagated by force for Nigerians to accept”.
The governor described the late jurist as brain, jurist per excellence and a lover of peace and prayed Almighty Allah to grant him Aljanah fridau.
Earlier in a sermon, Justice Nurudeen Khalifa, urged Nigerians to live a life of emulation, pointing out that every man has a reward after death, but advised Nigerians on good living while alive In a remarks, one of the brother of late Ajanah, Hon. Kabiru Ajanah for member of House of Representative, thanked the state government for there support, described the death as painful, said the family takes consolation in the show of love and commendation made of his late brother.
Recall that Governor Yahaya Bello has consistently maintained that dreaded covid-19 is political and does not exist in Kogi State.
This claim by Governor Yahaya Bello has caused unhealthy relationship between him and official of Nigerian Centre For Disease Control ( NCDC) who were almost forced to isolation centre when they visited Kogi State sometimes in the month of May.