Deji Idowu, a Nigerian economist and senior consultant on trade and investment helping to build bridges across Nigeria-China business corridor is concerned about the fate of Nigerians trapped in Wuhan, China the epicenter of Coronavirus epidemic.

He took to twitter to make a viral tweet, and he tagged Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri), the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission:

Good day ma @abikedabiri.
This is to bring to your attention that there is palpable tension amongst the Nigerian community in Wuhan, China which is the epicenter of the coronavirus. We want to know the plans of the Federal Gov concerning evacuation of its citizens in the city.

The tweet has garnered close to one thousand (1,000) retweets and one thousand and three hundred likes.

Good day ma @abikedabiri. This is to bring to your attention that there is palpable tension amongst the Nigerian community in Wuhan, China which is the epicenter of the coronavirus. We want to know the plans of the Federal Gov concerning evacuation of its citizens in the city.

— Deji Idowu, Ph.D. (@ayodygeeidowu) January 29, 2020

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