Yobe isolates 125 Almajiri Gombe returnees
•Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni
Yobe State Government has isolated the 125 Almajiri evacuated from Gombe as result of
coronavirus.
The returnees were isolated for 14 days at Government Secondary School Damaturu, the state
capital.
They are mostly between the ages of 6-17 years who went to seek Qur’anic education outside their
state.
Some residents of the state capital expressed fear that the returned Almajiri could be a threat
to the society as some might have contracted the virus already.
They noted that the state also faces another challenge like water points for hand washing which they said are absent at the isolation centre.
Yobe, which is one of the few states yet to record the outbreak of the disease, is mute on the evacuated Almajiri and whether there are plans to evacuate the existing ones to their home states, as most of them are still roaming the streets. (Channels TV)
