Violation of COVID-19 protocol: Lagos police command raids night clubs, arrests 71, impounds 13 vehicles

Seventy-one persons, who allegedly violated the orders given in respect to preventing the spread of corona virus, have been arrested by Lagos State Police Command at Lekki and Surulere areas of the state.
The arrests were made on January 3, 2021, at about 3a.m.
This was just as the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu instructed the Task Force, Divisional Police Officers and other operational units in the command to go after the individuals, who might be violating the orders, and bring them to book.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, January 5, the state police spokesman, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that the clubs raided included Folix Club, Lekki; and Bench Bar, Adeniran Ogunsanya, Surulere.
The Task Force also impounded 11 vehicles for violating the curfew between 12 midnight and 4a.m., as well as two other vehicles for driving against the traffic on the same day.
The PPRO stated further that the state police boss had ordered for immediate trial of the suspects and necessary sanctions for the owners of the impounded vehicles.
“He (Odumosu) 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 Task Force and the Lagos State Government,” Adejobi added.