A lawmaker representing Obudu constituency at the Cross River state house of assembly, Godwin Akwaji has died after showing symptoms of COVID-19.
He died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) isolation centre around 12:30 pm on Thursday.
Sources say Akwaji, who is diabetic, also exhibited fatigue, fever, cough, breathlessness.
A close source told Newsmen that the deceased had been treated for malaria and pneumonia with no improvement.
According to the source, some persons who visited the lawmaker at the hospital are already showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Cross River is the only state where any case of COVID-19 has not been confirmed in the country.
Speculations have been rife as to the no case status of Cross River State.
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