Over 13,000 children reject polio vaccination in Yobe over Killer injection rumour – WHO

According to The World Health Organization (WHO), 13,502 children have rejected being administered polio vaccine in Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State after a rumour of ‘killer injection’ circulated in Yobe State.


The Cluster Consultant of the Organization, Mister Gitza Chew stated this during a flag-off of the immunization programme held at the Palace of Emir of Fika, Alhaji Muhammad Ibn Abali Muhammad Idrissa, in Potiskum.

He said the organization had in June 2017 vaccinated 77,000 children in five of the 10 wards in the local council but the number of immunized children decreased to 62,807 after the rumor of the harmful injection circulated.


“After the unusual injection rumor in three primary schools, many parents rejected the polio vaccine,” he said.