Covid-19 Deals Lagos Deputy Gov Hamzat Severe Blow

Eniola Adeniyi

Details available to societynow.ng have it that Covid-19 has dealt the Deputy Governor of Lagos state Obafemi Hamzat a severe blow.

Societynow.ng gathered that the pandemic just claimed one of the persons very close to him.

His younger brother Haroun Hamzat is said to have been snatched by the pandemic.

Information monitored by societynow.ng on the gazellenes.com revealed that the younger Hamzat, 37 and a medical doctor worked in a public health centre at Orile Agege Local Council Development Area.

According to the information credited to a source “He was sick and later tested positive for Covid-19 and was rushed to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba where he later died,”

The Lagos state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) official announced the death of the deputy governor’s younger brother yesterday evening (Tuesday, January 5, 2020).

The statement by the NMA which announced the demise of Dr Hamzat who is a half-brother to Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat reads

It’s a dark moment in the Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State, as we announce with deep regret the death of our very young colleague, Dr Haroun Hamzat. Its “sunset at dawn” as he was just 37 years old.

He worked as a medical officer at one of the PHCs under Orile Agege LCDA until his demise.

We commiserate with his immediate family, friends, associates, colleagues and staff of Lagos State PHC Board and indeed the medical fraternity of Lagos State.
We pray against such premature deaths in our fold.

May the Almighty God grant his family and all of us, the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss, Amen

Adieu our Hippocratic Brother, Dr Haroun Hamzat may your gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

Signed:
Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State.