Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has alleged that Covid-19 vaccines will not cure but kill Nigerians.
Bello said this in a viral video which showed the governor addressing a crowd of people.
The governor expressed misgivings about the authenticity of the vaccine, saying there is no cure for HIV and many other diseases troubling mankind.
“Vaccines are being produced in less than one year of COVID-19. There is no vaccine yet for HIV, malaria, cancer, headache and for several other diseases that are killing us. They want to use the (COVID-19) vaccines to introduce the disease that will kill you and us. God forbid,” he said.
“We should draw our minds back to what happened in Kano during the Pfizer polio vaccines that crippled and killed our children. We have learned our lessons.
“If they say they are taking the vaccines in the public allow them take their vaccines. Don’t say I said you should not take it but if you want to take it open your eyes before you take the vaccines.”
Countries across the world have been finding means to stem the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic which has been reported to be deadlier than the first waves.
The UK’s Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, described the second wave as something “out of control”
Nigeria has recorded an average of 1,000 cases daily since the incursion of the second wave into the country.
The increase in cases has led to demand for vaccines to curb the spread of the virus.
The federal government had announced that Nigerians will receive the coronavirus vaccine by January 2021, adding that a technical working group in the ministry of health is working on which vaccine will best suit Nigeria, considering that the country has no -80 degrees freezers.
Faisal Shuaib, executive director and chief executive officer, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), had disclosed that provisions would be made for President Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to receive the vaccine on live television to boost the confidence of the entire citizenry in the safety of the vaccines.
