…Impound 79 Vehicles, Charge 325 To Court
Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Lagos State Police Command in enforcement of COVID-19 orders on Monday May 4, arrested 121 suspects for violating the curfew directive of the federal government.
The Police also arrested 58 suspects for not wearing face mask in public and impounded 79 vehicles during the curfew hours.
The suspects along with the 148 suspects arrested during the weekend for violating lockdown order were charged to Court, bringing the number of suspects charged to court to 325.
Spokesmen of the command, Bala Elkana, said the arraigned persons were sentenced accordingly.
Some of the suspects were given 4 hours community service while others were awarded fines of #2,500 and #3000 respectively, he said.
The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu and other senior officers went round the State on the first day of the curfew to monitor compliance. The CP according to Elkana was impressed with the level of compliance and looks forward to huge improvements in the coming days.
“On 5th May, 2020 the Commissioner of Police Lagos State and his counterpart in Ogun State visited the Police Check Point at the boundary community in Ojodu berger manned by personnel of Lagos and Ogun States. Security is tightened at the boundary community to restrict non essential interstates movements.” said Elkana.