The Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned traders dealing in medical protective gears against employing the presence of Coronavirus disease in Nigeria to enrich themselves.

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Sanwo-Olu’s warning was against the backdrop of hike in prices of face masks, hand gloves and sanitizers in the market with sellers cashing in on the panic among public Coronavirus currently generated to increase their wares’ prices.

The governor said: “This is not the means to enrich yourselves, people are abusing a rare opportunity, this is not laughable and not what anybody wishes for, people hoarding things and selling 500 per cent above the normal price, we should ask ourselves what kind of people are we? We should be our brothers’ keepers.”

He also gave an update on the condition of the Nigeria’s index case: “Regarding the index case, I did not enter the ward. I was told he was responding to treatment and that he was getting a whole lot better.

“They are monitoring him closely and everything is under control.”