Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed, has revealed that 15 of the COVID-19 cases in Bauchi were those who travelled from Cross River State.

In a press briefing on Wednesday, the governor, who doubted the fact that there were no cases of the virus in Cross River said, “There is no need pretending that this thing is not there. We as leaders, we must come out and face the challenges”.

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“We in Bauchi, we are not pretending.”

“I don’t want to join issues with anybody, but I want to tell Nigerians that they are going to be accountable to God”.

He also threatened to lock down Bauchi city if the number of infections continues to rise.

“Some of our places of worship, especially the mosques, they are the epicentre of infections, and nobody is doing anything,” he said.

“I am pleading with the people of Bauchi, if this thing continues to happen – we are bordered by seven states, some of them are worse – in order to secure the common people of Bauchi, I might have to lock up Bauchi.”

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Cross River state is the only State in the country without any confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.

Bauchi reported a daily record high of 69 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.