Covid-19: Benue’s Index case threatens to sue FG if not released within 7 days
Benue state’s index case, Susan Idoko has threatened to sue the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC if she is not released from the Abuja isolation center within the next seven days.
Idoko was tested and kept in isolation for over 53 days without showing any symptoms. She has since been in a face off with the government for not allowing her leave and has refused to give any further samples.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Friday May 15, her lawyer, Mr. Steven Eke said his client has lost confidence in the capabilities of the NCDC adding that Mrs. Idoko demands an independent test to be conducted by the World Health Organization under the supervision of the British High Commission and her personal physician.
The lawyer said her continued detention in the name of isolation is a clear violation of her fundamental human rights and that she will head to court if it persists.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health., Osagie Ehanire, at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force in Abuja on Thursday, May 14, said he has persuaded Mrs. Idoko to consent to being tested. He says her sample has been taken and the result will be out in a couple of days.
