IGP Adamu, Other Police Officers Test Negative for COVID-19

BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – In spite of his nature of job that warrants him to meet and interact with different classes of people, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, escaped the Coronavirus as he tested negative to the deadly disease.

IGP Adamu received the result of the test on Tuesday morning of March 31, 2020 having submitted samples on Friday, March 27, 2020.
Other officers who also tested negative include the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, DCP Idowu Owohunwa, Head of the Force Technical Intelligence Unit, DCP Lanre Ogunlowo, Personal Physician to the IGP, CSP (Dr) Nonye Welle, Medical Officer, Police Clinic, Force Headquarters, Abuja CSP (Dr) Titus Adegbite, Secretary to the IGP, SP Moses Jolugbo and five (5) other close aides to the IGP.
While noting that policing is a high-contact job with its attendant risks, the IGP enjoined police officers nationwide to adhere strictly to all precautionary and safety measures in the course of their day-to-day activities.

Adamu equally enjoined members of the public to voluntarily obey all restriction orders emplaced by the constituted authorities.