The kidnappers of two Edo brothers, Babatunde Abu and Tahir Abu, have reportedly killed one of the siblings. The other, a medical doctor, remains in captivity.
The area had been cordoned and no casualty was recorded.
Citizens continue to bear the brunt of reforms that prioritise the market over human welfare.
He said the PDP’s blind criticism of the New Year message testified to its incapacity to serve as a credible opposition party.
“Of all five of us in that picture,” he asked, “how many still have their fathers alive?”
NCDC says those who tested positive raised the tally of the country’s infection to 242,877.
