The Management, Fresh FM Nigeria, has confirmed that their Station Manager at Fresh 106.9 FM, Adó – Èkìtì, Mr David Ajíbóyè, died from Covid-19 complications.
In a statement Samson Akindele, the radio station said the real cause of the death was made known by the Virology Department, University of Ibadan (UI), in the University Teaching Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
They said his body samples were sent by the private hospital in Ibadan where David breathed his last and the outcome of the result confirmed that he was COVID-19 positive.
“Earlier, David Ajíbóyè had been coughing with chest pains all through the last week in Adó – Èkìtì.
“Preliminary medical care offered to him at four different private hospitals in Adó – Èkìtì did not assuage his conditions, even though the initial Covid-19 test conducted on the samples obtained from him at a government – accredited facility in Adó – Èkìtì came out negative.
“To avail him better care and medical services, he arrived in Ibadan on Sunday August 8, 2021 and was admitted into a private hospital where he gave up the ghost shortly after a new set of medical treatments began,” the statement read.
It added that contact – tracing had commenced, as being carried out by the Covid-19 Taskforces in Èkìtì and Ọyọ states.
The Station further stated that the process was kick-started on the morning of August 12, 2021 from the station, Fresh 106.9 FM, Adó – Èkìtì, with every staff member being tested.
It said at the Ibadan end, testing and contact tracing were also ongoing from the hospital that received the late Ajíbóyè alive, the morgue attendants that received his body and members of his immediate and extended families who visited him at the holding hospital before his death.
On the burial arrangement, the station said in obedience to Nigeria’s Covid-19 protocols, the burial would be done immediately without any ceremony or gathering as the interment would be handled by the Covid-19 Taskforce as a private affair.
The station asked for understanding from members of the public at this traumatic period as they mourn the passing of their friend and colleague.
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