COVID-19: Kwara police hail compliance to lockdown directive
…warn commercial motorcyclists, motorist, others
The Kwara State Police Command has commended members of the public for “a near 100 percent” compliance to the partial lockdown directive by the state government.
This was made known in a statement issued in Ilorin by the PPRO of the command, Dsp Ajayi Okasanmi and sent to THE INFORMANT247.
The state government had ordered restriction of the number of persons in any gathering to 10 and ban on congregation religious service as part of partial lockdown to curb the community transmission of the novel coronavirus.
According to statistics from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, as of Saturday, 29th March, there are 111 cases of the virus in Nigeria
The statement reads in part, “Kwara Command wishes to thank the good people of Kwara State for the near 100% compliance with the orders of the state government to forestall the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus into Kwara state.
“However, in spite of the efforts of the police Command to ensure total compliance, some unscrupulous commercial motorcyclists, tricyclists and commercial motorists are bent on sabotaging this great effort. The Command will do everything within the ambit of the law to ensure that this laudable effort of government and that of the police to enforce compliance are not frustrated.”
The Commissioner of police consequently appealed to residents of Kwara to strictly obey every directive of government.
