Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has received Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Thursday.
Confirming the news, Publisher of Ovation magazine, Chief Dele Momodu, displayed Atiku’s picture when he was administered the vaccine by a medical practitioner.
Though Dele did not mention the place Atiku took the vaccine but information reaching newsmen said it was in Dubai.
In one paragraph sentence, Dele wrote: “Former Vice President The Wazirin Adamawa ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR receives Pfizer Covid-19 jab vaccination…”
Former Vice President The Wazirin Adamawa ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR receives Pfizer Covid-19 jab vaccination… pic.twitter.com/286BCmBqHD
— Dele Momodu Ovation (@DeleMomodu) January 7, 2021
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 94,369.
The daily increase was a new record and considerably higher than Tuesday’s 1,354 confirmed cases. Nigeria now has 77,299 recoveries and 1,318 fatalities.