Residents of Hadejia, in Jigawa State, have raised concern
over what they called mysterious deaths within the area in recent time.
The Special assistant to the local government council
chairman on media, Sani Kakabori confirmed the incident.
He revealed that over one hundred people, mostly of old age,
died within the last ten days.
Meanwhile Jigawa State government has constituted a five-man
committee to investigate the increasing number of deaths in the area.
The State Chairman, COVID 19 Task force, who is also the
Commissioner of health, Dr Abba Zakari disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse, the
State capital.
He said this followed a community report over the increasing
number of deaths in the area.
The Committee is chaired by Dr Mahmud Abdulwahab, with Shehu
Mohd, Yusuf Hakimi, Shehu Sule, and representatives of the World Health
Organization, WHO, as members.
Zakari noted that the committee is expected to submit their
reports within three days and make recommendations for appropriate actions.
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