Benue COVID-19 committee vice chairman dies of coronavirus

By JOHNSON BABAJIDE, Makurdi

The Vice-Chairman of Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19 and also deputy Vice-Chancellor of Benue State University, Makurdi, Professor Godwin Achinge, has died of coronavirus complications.

Professor Achinge, according to a source died on Sunday afternoon at an undisclosed hospital in Jos, the capital city of Plateau State where he was taken to for treatment.

A member of the State Action Committee on COVID-19 who did not want to be mentioned confirmed his death to our correspondent.

“Yes, we lost Professor Achingi, the deputy chairman of the state action committee on COVID-19 this afternoon,” the member said.

But the State Commissioner for Information and member of the State Action Committee on COVID-19, Mrs Ngunan Addingi, said she was yet to confirm the report from the chairman of the State Action Committee on COVID-19 and deputy governor of the State, Benson Abounu.

Recalled that the State Governor, Samuel Ortom had on Saturday told newsmen that the professor who was the vice-chairman of the State Action Committee on COVID-19 tested positive for coronavirus. (Nigerian Tribune)