Singer Paul Okoye tests positive for covid-19

 Singer Paul Okoye.

Veteran Nigerian music star and former member of the P-Square duo Paul Okoye has revealed that he recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Using social media to share the news with his fans, the 39-year-old singer disclosed that he has been battling with the virus for over ten days.

"Attention!!! F*CK it! Covid is real! I know as typical Nigerian or African is very hard to believe, some will say "experience is the best teacher, oh well, the experience and the teacher has visited me and they've been dealing with me for more than 10days now, sh*t is not funny... worst sickness ever!" he wrote.

In his post, the artist, who is popularly known by the stage name – King Rudy, warned people against taking lightly the measures put in place to keep the virus at bay.

"Y'all better be careful out there, if you like believe me, if you like don't, believe me, you can as well wait for your own experience by playing ignorance Goodluck God help us all," he added.

Okoye's battle with Corona is coming a few months after his twin brother Peter and his family were affected by the novel virus.

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In July last year, Peter Okoye revealed that his family tested positive for COVID-19 and were separated and put under mandatory house arrest.  Speaking in an IGTV video, Peter said that he was the first to test positive in his household and had to be secluded.

"You guys know for the last three weeks I have been sick, I have been ill, and most of you didn't even know what was wrong with me. I kept it to myself. It has been three weeks of hell for me and my family," he said.

The award-winning singer revealed that he couldn't come anywhere near his children or wife for about three weeks.

"I had COVID-19 for about three weeks, I was self-isolated. I was imprisoned in my own house. I was under home arrest in my own house and I was sick. Guys. I couldn't see my kids nor my wife; I was in the guest house, and I became a prisoner in my own house," he added.

 Peter Okoye.

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Unfortunately, after a week, his 7-year-old daughter tested positive for the virus as well. She went into isolation, but his wife Lola Omotayo-Okoye insisted on staying with her to nurse her to health, only to contract the virus too.

"After a week, my daughter caught it, and the doctor insisted that she had to be isolated in her room, but my wife did something very courageous.  She said 'no'.

"I was so sick and isolated in my guest room, I couldn't even see my sick daughter. I was feeling so bad because I felt I was the one that brought this virus to the house.  My wife picked our daughter and took her to the master bedroom where she called me and told me she couldn't leave our child alone; she would rather contract the virus," he revealed.

He later disclosed that they fully recovered from the virus.