The panic level in Nigeria is so high that many citizens no longer tolerate certain level of geniality, particularly when it comes to body contact.
At a beer parlour opposite Mobel Link, a popular night club in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, two persons, known to be friends for many years, engaged in fisticuffs Friday evening following handshake offer made by one of them and the rejection of same by the other.
It was gathered that one of the friends, Abdul, has stretched his hand to Musa, to greet him, but the latter declined, saying he didn’t want to shake Abdul.
Thinking he was joking, Abdul, who was said to have returned to Taraba the previous day from Lagos, touched Musa, and that ignited a fight.
When asked while he refused to shake hands with his friend, Musa told our correspondent that he read in the news that “coronavirus was on the spread in Lagos and anybody coming from there might have contacted it and Abdul came in from Lagos yesterday (Thursday), hence I refused to shake hands with him.”
Nathaniel Gbaoron, Jalingo
