COVID-19: Ogun State Police To Arrest Persons Without Face Mask

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson has warned that the command would begin clampdown on persons found without face masks in the state, AN24 reports

The State police command said it had observed with dismay the flagrant disobedience to the government directives which made it compulsory for everybody to always put on face mask when moving around within the State in order to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease.

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The Command in a statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Thursday said it also observed that commercial vehicles and motorcycles were still in the habit of overloading their vehicles with passengers, thereby disobeying the directive on social/physical distancing which is capable of jeopardizing the efforts of the government in war against COVID-19 pandemic.

The Commissioner of police appealed to the people of Ogun State to adhere strictly with these directives as anybody caught moving around without face mask would be apprehended and dealt with in accordance with the law.

The Command has also directed its personnel across the State to henceforth arrest any vehicle or motorcycle that is caught carrying more than the required passengers.

According to Oyeyemi, the vehicles would be impounded and the driver/rider would also be prosecuted.

The Command hereby enjoined all and sundry to cooperate with the government.