A legislator in the Yobe State House of Assembly; has been discharged from the State Specialists Hospital, Damaturu, the state capital,

Hon. Lawan Inuwa

, who represents Nguru Central Constituency, was yesterday (Thursday) discharged from the hospital; after being recovered and tested negative for coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.

“I was discharged today from this hospital; after conducting several tests of the virus on me and it turned out to be negative,” he said.
Hospital sources also told The Guardian in a telephone interview in Damaturu, that; “The lawmaker has left the Damaturu isolation centre to be reunited with his family members.”

Yobe, since May 15, 2020, recorded 12 cases of COVID-19 and there were no new cases in the state for six days running.

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