Social media was agog on Thursday over images of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar receiving a jab of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Dele Momodu on Twitter, shared pictures showing Atiku receiving the jab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Momodu’s tweet read: “Former Vice President, the Wazirin Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar receives Pfizer Covid-19 jab vaccination.”
Atiku’s spokesman Paul Ibe confirmed the news, according to TheCable, saying: “The importance of the #COVID-19 vaccine in mitigating the effect of the coronavirus cannot be overstated, particularly in Africa and Nigeria. Yesterday (Wednesday), as part of the mass vaccination programme, Atiku Abubakar received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.”
Pfizer vaccine is the first to be granted emergency use authorisation by the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to Pfizer and BioNTech, it is 90 per cent effective.
Here are few social media reactions culled from Twitter:
@rotifassy said: “As correctly predicted few months ago. This “vaccine tourism” will soon become the norm for Nigerian elites.”