Just In: Ex-PPMC MD, Achimugu Becomes Nigeria’s First Coronavirus Death

'Dotun Akintomide
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Suleiman Achimugu, a former Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company has been identified as the first Nigerian to die of the coronavirus infection.

Though the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) announced Monday, the first death in the country due to contracting the novel virus, it did not unveil the identity of the 67-year-old man.

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According to his family, Achimugu returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom two weeks ago and showed symptoms of the virus last Tuesday, multiple reports also said.

He reportedly died around 2:00am on Monday after coughing severely for most part of Sunday.

“NCDC officials came to the house and took his blood specimen. Even though it tested positive, they never got back to us until he died at a hospital in Gwagwalada”, a family source told an online platform Sahara Reporters.

“We are all currently under quarantine in the house,” the source said.

Meanwhile, announcing the first COVID-19 death in the country, the NCDC said: “The 1st #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67 year old male who returned home following medical treatment in UK

“He had underlying medical conditions- multiple myeloma & diabetes & was undergoing chemotherapy. Our thoughts are with his family”, NCDC tweeted.

NCDC earlier announced an increase in coronavirus cases in Nigeria, from 30 to 35 as at 9.45 am on Monday.

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