Popular Kannywood movie star, Ali Nuhu, has denied the rumour making the rounds that he tested positive for Coronavirus.
The actor was among the several Nollywood stars who attended the 2019 African Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) event held in Lagos two weeks ago.
He and four other Kannywood actors reportedly, attended the ceremony on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
The Lagos state government had called for test to be conducted on those who attended the film award ceremony, as it was earlier claimed that a guest at the ceremony had tested positive for Coronavirus.
But, Ali Nuhu who spoke on the Hausa Service of the BBC on Thursday frowned at the way the Lagos state government publicly declared that, all the AMVCA attendees are at risk of the disease. He noted that it was unnecessary for Lagos state government and other health authorities to raise alarm that he and others should be quarantined after they attended the award ceremony in Lagos.
Nuhu argued that, there were guests at the Lagos Film Award ceremony from Kenya, South Africa and other countries, but no alarm was raised over their being prone to the pandemic.
The top actor said, it is almost two weeks now that they attended the Lagos event and therefore, he believed he was free of the COVID-19 which does not require such long period to manifest. He added that they were asked to self isolate but no health official had visited them for any further action since then.
He said the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had said there was no need to conduct any test on them.
“The centre for disease control discovered that the person suspected to have contracted the virus, is negative. They asked us to self isolate, that they will come and conduct test on us. Till date, they have not come. They must have known that this issue is a hoax.’
“The NCDC officials have asked us to continue with our normal activities. They said if we feel any strange development in our body, we should let them know,” Nuhu said.
