A United States citizen said to have been invited to Nigeria by a young man she met on the Internet, has died of suspected Coronavirus complications in Delta State.
The American, whose identity could not be ascertained at the time of this report, was said to have died on Sunday morning after she manifested some symptoms of the virus and was rushed to a private hospital at Osubi, Orerokpe under Okpe Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking with a correspondent, a security official attached to a police station in the local government, disclosed that the young man and the white lady had been lodged at a hotel in Osubi town since her arrival in Nigeria on March 3, 2020.
The official said, "The young man and the American white lady lodged in a hotel in Osubi where they spent some weeks. The white lady fell sick and she began to manifest some symptoms of COVID-19, especially severe coughing. At this stage, her lover rushed her to a private clinic in Osubi but she gave up the ghost this morning.
"Immediately she died at the hospital, her Nigerian lover carried her corpse in a Venza car to the Orerokpe Police Division and he was arrested by the police. While still at the station, a doctor was brought and took samples from the corpse for test."
The situation, gathered had created tension in the council area.
When contacted over the issue, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onowakpoyeya, confirmed the incident, explaining that the white lady’s corpse was brought to Orerokpe Police Station by her lover, who revealed to the police that the deceased had severe cough for about a week until she died on Sunday morning.
According to Onowakpoyeya, the blood sample of the woman, that of her lover and others, who may have had contact with her, have been taken for test.
from the Sahara Reporters
Hmmm,from reading this,it means she was infected in Delta state....I hope all the people who came in contact with her and her lover are Isolated immiedtiately.....
I hope they have alerted American Embassy.....What a pity!!!
Or, she may have brought it along from the US and it took a little longer for it to manifest.
ReplyDeleteI however do not know why the boyfriend is in handcuffs.
Yea,that's another angle.
DeleteThe handcuffs tire me too.
Exactly, I don't know why they handcuffed him like a criminal. He took her to the hospital, she died. He took her corpse to the police station now this. What if he fled as soon as she died, they would have said he killed her.
DeleteHe is a yahoo boy. Karma. Make dem lock him up
DeleteAnon 16:41 you cannot lock him up for that, he did not commit a crime . The incident reported here that he is linked to, he is innocent and has no reason to be handcuffed
DeleteExactly,why is he on handcuff?he drove her corpse to the station himself
DeleteShe came in more than 2 months ago!! COVID doesn’t take 2 months to manifest!! Let’s not spread ignorance abeg! She got it in Nigeria
DeleteOturugbeke.
DeleteDem don use am. The boyfriend go soon blow.
DeleteDelta boys and American ladies coming over are 5&6
ReplyDeleteThe same boys that mock Nigerian ladies of same age and same size as this white one
DeleteThe guy may be infected and they are busy handling him like that
DeleteWhy is the young man in handcuffs though? Someone came to the police station voluntarily to report the death of his lover who died of an incurable illness and the best the Nigerian Police could do was to cuff him and parade him before the media? Shame!
ReplyDeleteSome police men are senseless na
Deletemay her soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteThis is serious. I am beginning to doubt the 14 days incubation period for this Covid 19.
ReplyDeleteDo not forget that this is a novel virus, it means we're still learning more about its life cycle and effects on the human system. Better to keep an open mind.
DeleteIt’s 14 days for the most part. Unless they state otherwise.
DeleteEyaaa, feel so sorry for the guy. This is such a devastating news. May her soul find rest.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! RIP to her
ReplyDeleteAdieu young lady.
ReplyDeleteShe must have come in before the airspace was closed.
I don't really know why a lady should be the one visiting
the man. The man should do the chasing and finding not the other
way round.
Who has money does the visiting in online relationships.
Delete@16:16
DeleteWhich verse of the Bible or which constitution are you quoting?
Where in the bible was it mentioned that It is only the man that should visit the lady?
Delete@17:40 must everything come from the bible. Life is changing over time and humans must keep abreast
DeleteKarma is a BITCH
DeleteYes the young man did all that was necessary hence shouldn't be handled as a condemned criminal tet, but fact remains that he is the prime suspect.
This is ine Yahoo-Mugu scenario gone very bad.
@18:57
DeleteHe that finds a wife, finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. Prov. 18:22
The man does the finding, not the other way round.
@Mulatto
Do you discard the manufacturer's manual for your vehicle because there is a "new model" in town?
Why is the guy in cuffs? Police can do better instead of treating humans like animals.
ReplyDeleteChai'keep resting
ReplyDeleteWhy was the boy arrested?
ReplyDeleteWhy not detained him for questioning and then, send him to an isolation centre.
I hope those policemen have not used their hands to cause problem for themselves and others.
Why did the police handcuff him?
ReplyDeleteSo that American Embassy will pay up.
DeleteOK so why is the young man in handcuffs?? Dude did what he was supposed to do, took the lady to the hospital and reported himself /the case to the police when she died, so why is he being treated like a common criminal?
ReplyDeleteRIP to the dead.
Honestly am just confused at the arrest/handcuff and photo of him, unless he committed an undisclosed crime regarding the death or something else,this is no way to treat him😩
DeleteMay God rest her soul....
ReplyDeleteNigeria police are something else, why cuff the young man tho? They keep making it difficult for people to report incident like this.#spotremover#
ReplyDeleteMay her soul rest in peace. Amen
ReplyDeleteWhy is he in cuffs though? I thought he went to the police station himself. It's quite unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteMay her soul rest in peace.
This happened in my street, the hospital is in my street, the hotel is close to my house..
ReplyDeleteBe safe
DeleteIt's in your neighborhood
Stay safe.
DeleteAnd an average Warri person will tell you the virus is not in Delta State. That the state government wants money from FG thereby faking the virus in Delta State. When ignorant people argue, leave them to their ignorance. They will ask you to show them who has the virus as if seeing the person will change anything.
ReplyDeleteRIP to the lady.
My dear eh, what ignorance has caused black people. Deep seated ignorance. Initially they started with it does not affect blacks.. even when Idris Elba had it, they said he was paid to say he has it, as in what naa..brand ambassador for coro? Then a whole ex President said Coro is not in Nigeria. When Mrs. Gates tried to warn us black people attacked her instead of taking her advice. Now same white people have done research and found out that blacks are high risk for covid deaths..
DeleteAnd I believe many already died due to silly ignorance and looking for conspiracy instead of research. See Kano naa.. only God knows how many are really affected in Nigeria
Then Trump who is white and other white Republicans must be ignorant too because they didn't take it serious when it started, called it a hoax and compared it to the flu.
DeleteNo need to bash Black people as if White people are better than us and we are stupid. Why didn't Gates concentrate on warning her fellow Americans who have now relaxed the social distancing rules? Stop fueling their "Black is dumb" narrative.
All dis old white woman dat cant sit in one place.
ReplyDeleteRIP to her. See what she's gonna put her family through bcos of a fuxk boy, dey probably don't know she's deceased.
Oh LordðŸ˜ðŸ˜
ReplyDeleteOga ain't you in some sh*ts rightnow😢😢😢!
No Stella, she was not infected in Nigeria. As at the time she came, the virus was not yet in Nigeria but was rampant in the U.S.
ReplyDeleteNo she got it in Nigeria. She has been in Nigeria for over 2 months!!!! COVID has been spreading undetected in Nigeria for longer than that!!
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ReplyDeleteNawa o.. May her soul rest in peace! The boy eye go see ween for Nigeria police hand oh
ReplyDeleteS-X with white women is heavenly
ReplyDeleteReally??? So, people don’t die from illness in the United States.
ReplyDeleteHmmm it's a pity. ..
ReplyDeleteThis one Na bad luck for him
I hope these boys know that there is currently no way to migrate into the USA from Nigeria. Nigeria was banned from immigration Jan this year. During COViD, every other country joined the ban. Marriage for papers is over. So what exactly is his game plan with a 60yr old? And hope these women are not coerced to do any of these.. don't they read stories of their mates and how it all usually ends?.
ReplyDeleteWhere did they say she’s 60, abi you know them?
DeleteThat man up there should be in isolation,not on handcuffs. Hmmm
ReplyDeleteThe guy should be in isolation
ReplyDeleteShit is getting real,the recklessness here is so alarming
ReplyDeleteHmmmm!
ReplyDeleteCan we not see that it's d guy himself that confirmed she died of CoViD not any medical doctor? How can she be coughing and he kept her for 8D b4 going to hospital? He has a case to answer. & I doubt she died of CoViD.
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