Governor Abdullah Ganduje of Kano State has said there was no mass burial in the state.
He described as false a report that some 158 people had died in the past few days in an unusual circumstance, saying there was nothing of such or mass burial.
Speaking on a programme on ‘Channels Television’ on Wednesday, he said the government had conducted investigation and found out that the report was untrue.
The governor explained, “That information two days ago is not correct because we undertook an investigation and the initial report that I received from one grave where some people reported 70 deaths, we found out there were only 13 deaths.
“We will soon get a complete report but I assure you that information is not correct. Looking at previous burials, there is nothing to show that there is an unusual frequency of deaths in Kano State.
bdullahi Ganduje, Kano State
“But there is a lot of fake news going around. We have already started arresting some people who are peddling such rumours. Only one death so far has been recorded from coronavirus infection.
“But what is important is the confirmation and to find out what actually killed the people.
“That requires going to the hospitals, if they died in the hospitals, or going to the families if they were not taken to the hospitals. But as I speak, there is no unusual burial taking place in Kano,
