The passing of eminent Nigerian pathologist Dr Olumide Okunuga has been reported by the Guardian as indicating that a 64-year-old Nigerian, Okunuga Olumide Saraju, was found dead in his home in Modena, Italy, where he lived alone. According to the report, Okunuga, a native of Ikenne in Ogun state and president of Egbe Omo Yoruba in Emilia Romagna region, was found dead at about 11 am on Tuesday, March 10, at his home.
The US-based web journal Irohinoodua that broke the news said Dr. Okunuga passed on of Coronavirus.
The first Nigerian known to have kicked the bucket of the feared disease.
Okunuga was the Vice-President of Yoruba National Community in Italy. He was a pathologist. Dr Okunuga was moreover a two-time Councilor for Modena in Italy where he had lived for 35 years.
A lady, Ayishat Akanbi, who broke the news of the medical doctor’s death in London, said the deceased was her cousin.
Ayishat warned blacks to disregard the claim that coronavirus cannot affect them.
She said: “My cousin who is a doctor and in her early 30s died of Coronavirus this morning for anyone irresponsible enough to think black people are immune.”
“If you think that being a Nigerian, an African or black makes you immune to the now spreading and dreaded Coronavirus, then, you may just have been lying to yourself.”
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