Coronavirus: Nigerian Billionaire In Self-Isolation After Contact With Patient

Nigerian billionaire, Tonye Patrick Cole has confirmed boarding the same flight with the third coronavirus case. On Tuesday the Lagos state commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi had announced a 30-year-old Nigerian lady who arrived the country on  British Airways flight BA75 on March 13, as the third case of Coronavirus in Lagos .

Following the confirmation, Abayomi advised other passengers on the flight to stay at home and isolate for 14 days.

Cole, who is the co-founder and former Group Executive Director of energy conglomerate, Sahara Group, however, said in a tweet: “I was on the BA75 flight of the 13th from London on which a lady tested positive for #COVID19Lagos. We’ve been asked by LSMOH to #selfisolate.”

 He applauded the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for measures taken at airports to document all passengers coming into Nigeria.

#workfromhome I was on the BA75 flight of the 13th from London on which a lady tested positive for #COVID19Lagos. We’ve been asked by LSMOH to #selfisolate. I’m grateful to @NCDCgov for measures taken at airports to document all passengers coming into NIGERIA so we’re all safer pic.twitter.com/PiuWILy2HU

— Tonye P Cole (@TonyeCole1) March 18, 2020