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Police in Lagos say they have arrested 71 persons for alleged violating COVID-19 protocols in the state.
The Lagos State police command disclosed this, today, in a statement by its spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi.
Police said the alleged violators were arrested during raids on night clubs in the metropolis in early hours of Sunday.
The statement says 11 vehicles were also impounded by operatives during the raid to enforce the 12am to 4am restriction order.
Read full statement:
The Lagos State Police Command, premised on its vow to enforce COVID-19 orders in the state, pounced on some night clubs on 3rd January, 2021,at about 3am and arrested seventy one (71) suspects for violating COVID-19 orders at Lekki and Surulere areas of the state respectively.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, had already instructed the Taskforce, DPOs and other operational units in the command to go after the recalcitrant and deviant individuals who might want to violate the orders and bring them to book.
The clubs raided the Taskforce included Folix Club, Lekki and Bench Bar, Adeniran Ogunsanya, Surulere, Lagos State.
In addition, the Taskforce impounded eleven (11) vehicles for violating the 12 midnight to 4am curfew and two (2) vehicles for driving against the traffic(one way) on the same date.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered for immediate trial of the suspects and necessary sanctions for the owners of the impounded vehicles. He further directed that officers and men of the command must intensify efforts on total compliance with the COVID-19 guidelines and protocols as rolled out by the Presidential Taskforce and the Lagos State Government.
E-SIGNED
CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI(mnipr)
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
LAGOS STATE COMMAND
DATED 5TH JANUARY, 2021.