Coronavirus patients attempt to escape Kwara isolation centre

Some coronavirus patients have attempted to escape from the state isolation centre in Ilorin, the Kwara state government says.

THE INFORMANT247 gathered that the COVID-19 patients planning to breakout were among the imported cases who violated the interstate lockdown and came into the state.

This was made known in a statement sent to THE INFORMANT247 by the governor’s spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye.

The statement reads in part, “Earlier Friday May 15th, 2020, the government’s intelligence network uncovered a plot by some COVID-19 patients who sneaked into the state to escape.

“This attempt was promptly foiled leading to arrest and return of the patients who had already scaled the fence.

“Security has been further beefed up at our isolation centre. The government restates that COVID-19 is not a death sentence and there is no reason why anyone would want to escape and put their own lives and the lives of other people at risk.”