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The consultant neurosurgeon at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) was said to have initially died of acute exacerbation of asthma while stuck in traffic in the state capital.
His wife was said to have called for an ambulance from the teaching hospital, which also got stuck in the traffic at Odukpani area of Calabar and could not evacuate Nnadi on time.
But a postmortem test carried out on the deceased was reported to have shown that he tested positive for COVID-19.
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Nnadi obtained his degree in medicine (MB.BS) from the University of Nigeria in 1994. He was a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons. Also a fellow of the medical college of surgeons. His research interest is mainly in neurotrauma.
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Late Cross River CP buried in Ilorin amidst tears
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Commissioner of Police, Cross River State
Abdulkadir Jimoh, the late Commissioner of Police who served in Cross Rivers State, was buried on Saturday in Ilorin, his home town, amidst tears.
Jimoh died on Friday at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital of complications from the COVID-19 infection.
The News Agency Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jimoh, promoted Commissioner of Police in Dec. 2019, was deployed to head the Cross Rivers Police Command in July.
Before his remains were interred in his residence in the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Ilorin, his colleagues in the Police honoured him with a 21-gun salute, and the Janazah prayer, led by the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Bashir Salihu.
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The Cross River State Police Commissioner, Mr. Abdulkadir Jimoh, is dead.
Jimoh died yesterday morning at a COVID-19 Isolation Centre, located at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.
However, a close relative of the late police commissioner who spoke in confidence to THISDAY, said he was working down the staircase of his official residence when he slumped and immediately went into coma from where he was rushed to the health facility.
However, the source who refused to believe the claim that Jimoh died of COVID-19 complications, said he was actually not feeling well for some weeks before his death.
He said the commissioner may have had a bout with pneumonia before he died.
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