A member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Adamu Suleiman, has died of COVID-19.
Nasarawa state Governor, Abdullahi Sule, who disclosed this, said Suleiman who represented Nasarawa Central in the State Assembly, died before the result of his test came back positive.
He explained that after the COVID-19 status of the lawmaker was discovered, members of his family and those living in the house went into isolation and samples were collected from them by NCDC officials for testing.
Governor Sule said the deceased lawmaker had since been buried according to Islamic rites, without adherence to safety measures, as the cause of death was not immediately known.
He, however, gave an assurance that those who performed the burial rites of the lawmaker would also be isolated and tested for COVID-19.
The Governor said the State House of Assembly complex would be closed for proper disinfection.
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