Top presidential candidate contracts COVID-19, suspends campaign

<p><strong>Ahead of the 2023 general election&comma; the Presidential Candidate of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">African Democratic Congress &lpar;ADC&rpar;&comma; Dumebi Kachikwu<&sol;a> has suspended campaign&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kachikwu in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja&comma; on Friday disclosed that he had tested positive for the Corona Virus&comma; adding that he would be isolating self from all public events till he receive a negative report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He called on Nigerians not to take the Corona Virus for granted as infection rates have risen rapidly all over the world in the last few weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kachikwu&comma; therefore appealed to health sector to increase the testings and return to all necessary precautions that would aid to control the spread of the virus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;why-i-wont-join-peter-obis-campaign-obasanjo-reveals&sol;">Why I Won&&num;8217&semi;t Join Peter Obi&&num;8217&semi;s Campaign &&num;8211&semi; Obasanjo Reveals <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>He added that Nigerians should not allow political rallies to become a spreading ground &comma;”Nigerians must not let their guard down even though the Government has relaxed COVID rules&period; Our public health system can’t cope with the fallout of huge infection rates with attendant symptoms especially at a time when our health care professionals are leaving the country in droves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We must increase testing and take all necessary precautions not to spread the virus&period; We must not allow political rallies to become COVID spreaders and reverse the gains made in combating the virus&period; We will survive the Corona Virus if we all remain vigilant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;