By Aiyeku Timothy
One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aides, Tolu Ogunlesi, has given the hint that there could be a fresh lockdown in the first quarter of 2021.
Ogunlesi gave this hint in a tweet on his handle on Monday afternoon, saying the measures will be “desperate attempts at curve-flattening”.
“From a COVID-19 POV, looks like H1 2021 will be a lot like 2020 – restrictions, lockdowns, desperate attempts at curve-flattening.
“That’s probably the second most daring roguish feat 2020 has pulled off – this act of deluding us all into regarding it as an aberration,” he wrote.
It would be recalled that Buhari ordered a lockdown across the country, earlier this year in order to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2020.
However, it appears the second wave of Coronavirus is sweeping the nation, with the number of infections rising.
On Sunday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 418 new COVID-19 infections, taking the country’s total cases to 73,175 cases.
The Nigerian Army has also said that 26 senior officers of the 417 personnel, who participated in the Chief of Army Staff Conference held last week in Abuja, have tested positive.
