Susan Idoko, the Benue state COVID-19 index case, has threatened to sue the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC if she is not released from the Abuja isolation centre within the next seven days.
Idoko has been having a faceoff with the government since she was diagnosed with the virus. She has been in isolation for 53 days now without showing any symptoms of the disease. She insists she doesn’t have the virus.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire on Wednesday, said Mrs Idoko had refused to let the NCDC and other medical personnel take her samples so they can do a final test on her before she is discharged
Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Friday, May 15, her lawyer, Mr Steven Eke said his client has lost confidence in the capabilities of the NCDC. He said Mrs Idoko demands an independent test to be conducted by the World Health Organization under the supervision of the British High Commission and her personal physician.
The lawyer said the continued detention of Mrs Idoko, in the name of isolation, is a clear violation of her fundamental human rights and that she will head to court if it persists.