Nigeria, May 31 -- The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Hamisu Chidari, is one of more than 200 travellers who were recently declared 'wanted' by the Nigerian government for allegedly violating new protocols put in place to halt the spread of coronavirus in the country.

Mr Chidari had reportedly returned to Nigeria via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from Saudi Arabia through an Ethiopian airline on May 17, 2021. He was, however, said to have reportedly presented a coronavirus test result "which was found to be fake" by the health authorities in Nigeria.

Sources who are privy to the development but declined to be quoted, described the speaker's conduct as "embarrassing and condescending."

One of the sources...