Coronavirus: Atiku’s Infected Son Shares Experience From Sickbed [VIDEO]
A son of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who was recently diagnosed with Coronavirus (COVID-19), has shared his experience with fellow Nigerians and the world.
Mohammed Abubakar had been evacuated from his residence in Abuja to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.
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His father shared a video interview he granted to Arise TV on Twitter, where he spoke about his experience.
“When I came here, my first few days, I was asymptomatic, I was nervous, I had a level of anxiety and a little bit of trauma,” said Mohammed.
“It was fairly difficult for fews days, especially being the index case [of the virus] here in Abuja.
“I think that was really the main challenge, but day by day I grew stronger in mind, thanks largely to all the good will prayers and support I got from the vast array of Nigerians, many people I don’t know, but of course more obviously my family, my friends, my associates and just a whole lot of people who have been very supportive.”
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The former vice president’s son however lamented how some Nigerians, including his neighbours, spread some false information about him after his father announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Mohammed said,” But one thing I’d like to speak to Nigerians about my experience… Fake news is very bad, it compounds your problems if you’re in a vulnerable situation.
“Perhaps being from a political family I didn’t really feel that pain as much. But people who are more vulnerable, this thing could affect their health, it could affect their immune system as well.
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” So let me urge the people out there to be more circumspect in the way they treat information. Let them be very careful in the way they spread information that is false. These things aggravate health conditions.
“In my case, even people within the estate that I lived in were purveyors of fake news and it’s quite unfortunate, but I’m not really here to talk about those specifics. But I’d like to urge all of us to come together and see how we can support one another because this is a challenge to our society. It’s a challenge to our future and the present.”
He further urged Nigerians to come together irrespective of their backgrounds and political affiliations and put hands together to defeat the deadly virus.
“The quicker we come together and understand that this is a problem that requires a collective effort, then the sooner we’ll overcome this. The longer it takes to do that, the more the impact in terms of fatalities potentially and also the economic impact.
“Thankfully, as you’ve seen the statistics, most people would be fine from this. But we can’t ignore the few that may not be fine from this, so let’s work hard, let’s support the government and let’s comply with directives from the WHO, the federal and state governments etc so that we can we can overcome this challenge sooner than later
“Moving on, I’d like to ask that we pray and show our medical staff support. They are at the frontlines, they are risking their lives. I’ve seen it first hand how close they come to patients, how exposed they are. We need to pray that non of them gets infected, that nothing befalls any kind of harm to them and all their families, because they are our backbone and we to appreciate and be thankful to them. We also have to be thankful to the extended authorities who are not necessarily on the frontline but playing a lot of roles in other aspects.
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“So, Nigerians let’s come together, let’s put aside politics and defeat this pandemic. We can do it and do it very effectively if we work together,” he added.
