VIDEO: What Presidency said about Buhari’s Aides ccontracting COVID-19
*No cause for alarm – Femi Adesina
There is nothing abnormal in President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides testing positive for COVID-19 because they are humans, the Presidency has said.
Mr Femi Adesina, who is the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
“What I like to say is that presidential aides are humans,” he said in his response to a question about reports of the COVID-19 virus ravaging the Presidential Villa. “They can fall sick, they can contract the virus, and the virus can also disappear.
“Presidential aides are just humans; if anything happens to human beings, it can also happen to presidential aides. The fact that we are presidential aides does not make us immune to certain things. If there is a virus that is ravaging society, well, it can touch anybody.”
Reports had emerged that some of President Buhari’s aides have gone into isolation after they tested positive for COVID-19. However, the number of those infected could not be ascertained.
Over the weekend, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed to Channels Television that he was infected with the virus.
Despite being fully vaccinated, he disclosed that he had mild symptoms of the disease – a trait connected with the omicron variant, saying he has since gone into isolation and would go for further tests to ascertain his status.
