A 67-year-old American citizen who was invited to Nigeria by her young Nigerian lover whom she met on the Internet, has died of suspected Coronavirus complications in Delta State.
According to Saharareporters, the lady arrived Nigeria on March 3, but died on Sunday May 10, after manifesting symptoms of the virus. She was reportedly rushed to a private hospital at Osubi, Orerokpe under Okpe Local Government Area of the state.
A security official attached to a police station in the local government, disclosed that the young man and the white lady had been lodged at a hotel in Osubi town since she arrived in Nigeria.
“The young man and the American white lady lodged in a hotel in Osubi where they spent some weeks. The white lady fell sick and she began to manifest some symptoms of COVID-19, especially severe coughing. At this stage, her lover rushed her to a private clinic in Osubi but she gave up the ghost this morning.
Immediately she died at the hospital, her Nigerian lover carried her corpse in a Venza car to the Orerokpe Police Division and he was arrested by the police. While still at the station, a doctor was brought and took samples from the corpse for test.” the security guard who spoke on condition of anonymity said
The Delta state government is yet to comment on the incident.
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