The drama over the missing coronavirus patients in Osun State ended a few hours after it started on Saturday.
The drama had unfolded with reports that six patients kept in the isolation centre were missing.
But the Osun government after a headcount said only one person was missing.
The confirmed lone missing patient was found in his family home in Ejigbo.
The recovery of the man was confirmed by Funke Egbemode, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation.
She told the online news platform Eagle Online that the patient was among the 127 people who returned from Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Government quarantined them in Gebu area of Ejigbo.
“Yes, we have found him”, Egbemode said.
“He simply went back to his family compound.
“It was easy tracing him since we have all their details – name, family compound, family name, telephone number and all others.
“Thank God we have him back,”she said.
Egbemode, in response to the report of the missing six, wrote:
The Truth about Ejigbo returnees – Osun Govt
Our attention has been drawn to a story purporting that six persons were missing from our Isolation centre in Ejigbo.
One of the writers quoted a non-existent statement from the government to lend some measure of credibility to the story.
Nothing can be further from the truth. As a government, we have not issued any statement to confirm or deny such story. Besides, a quick check showed that the name and number of the first person on the list of the purported missing patients, is indeed currently in our facility in Ejigbo.
Recall that about a week ago, we received 127 returnees from Ivory Coast and we have kept them since then to avoid community transfer of the virus.
This morning we embarked on a headcount and found out that only one person could not be accounted for by officials stationed at the Isolation centre out of the 127 persons.
The State Government is currently investigating the matter and will ensure that the missing person is brought back to the Isolation centre and we will also ensure we trace all his contacts.
We want to reiterate that any official(s) found culpable will also be dealt with accordingly.
We implore members of the public to discountenance the alarm being raised. We will continue to do everything to protect the lives of our citizens in this fight against Coronavirus.