The Commissioner for Information, Abia State, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, has announced that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has recovered from COVID-19 after many weeks.
He announced this through a statement made available to Newsleverage on Saturday morning.
He wrote; “To the glory of God, repeat COVID-19 test conducted by Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on samples submitted by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Thursday, 2nd July, 2020, returned negative result on Friday, 3rd July, 2020.
Governor Ikpeazu is therefore deemed free of the virus according to the extant guidelines of NCDC and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Thank you.”
Recall that the Governor announced his COVID-19 test result in June and relegated power to his deputy, Sir Ude Okochukwu.