Former executive secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Usman Yusuf, has expressed concerns over the increasing cases of coronavirus in Kano and reports of hundreds of “strange deaths” recorded in the state.

In a recent interview with The Sun, Yusuf accused the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, of downplaying the situation in Kano.

“The governor is lying, that is what we are saying. People are dying, in just a space of two days, three professors have died and other eminent citizens of Kano,” he said.

According to him, if urgent steps are not taken, Kano will take the whole of Nigeria down with it. “We are in trouble in Nigeria because if Kano goes down, the whole of Nigeria goes with it, as well as Africa.

Kano is already going down, hundreds are dying every day; hundreds are dying every day and there is no solution,” the professor stated.

Yusuf said the northern state is in deep trouble as people are dying and cemeteries are filling up. He claimed that in every household there is somebody that is sick right now .

The professor claims the deaths are related the ravaging COVID-19.

“Kano is in deep problem; you people should go and find out. Nigeria is in trouble; Kano is in trouble, if care is not taken, Kano will kill all of us. Nigeria and Nigerians need to wake up to the reality that Kano will bring the whole of Africa down,” he added.