NSCDC arrests 60 lockdown violators in Kwara

Date: 2020-05-06

The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 60 persons for allegedly violating the COVID-19 lockdown order in the state.

The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC in the state, Mr Ayeni Olasunkanmi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Tuesday.

NAN recalls that the corps had deployed 250 personnel, drawn from its Crisis Management Department, Medical Unit and Operations Department, to assist in containing the spread of the virus in the state.

Olasunkanmi said that all the arrested persons were taken to Sango Magistrates' Court, Ilorin, for prosecution, where various punishments were meted out to them and appropriate fines imposed.

He said that some of the violators were sentenced to two weeks' community service, with options of fine, ranging from N5,000 to N10,000, while others bagged both.

Aside the 60 violators, who were prosecuted, Olasunkanmi said that some others were also intercepted, adding, however, that they were later pardoned due to some reasons.

According to him, the NSCDC operatives have continued to ensure that people obey the stay-at-home order by the state government, adding that any violator will be arrested and prosecuted accordingly.

The NSCDC spokesperson said despite the easing of the lockdown, people should endeavour to stay indoors as much as possible and maintain social distancing while outside, to prevent the virus from further spreading in the state. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yomi Adeboye     MAI Akande     Kisira     Gabriel Fashanu     Balikis Jawondo     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     EFCC     Iliasu     Kolade Solagberu     Oloriegbe     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Olomu     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     School Of Nursing     Gbenga Adebayo     Prince Bola Ajibola     Igosun     Idowu Aremu     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Abatemi Usman     Nigeria Computer Society     Oja-Oba     Femi Gbajabiamila     Rueben Parejo     Yakubu Dogara     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Kunbi Titiloye     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Idris Garba     SSA Youth Engagement     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Babatunde Idiagbon     SWAN     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Baba-Isale     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Biliaminu Aliu     Madawaki     Kwarareports     Talaka Parapo     Bankole Omishore     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     UNILORIN Alumni     Atunwa     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Doyin Awoyale     March 18     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Bola Sagaya     Femi Oladiji     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Lai Mohammed     Council Of The Wise     Ojuekun Sarumi     Shao     Nagode     Kolawole Akande     HYPPADEC     Kwara State University Of Education     Lanre Olosunde     Salman Suleiman     Sebastine Obasi     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Alaiye     Yakubu Shaaba     Omotoso Musa     Bibire Ajape     Javed Khan     SSA Youth     TESCOM 2025     Shuaib Olarongbe    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Azeez Salawu     Buari Edun     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Shonga     Kwarareports     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Arinola Lawal     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Usman Alkali Baba     Nigeria Customs Service     Tsaragi     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ghali Alaaya     Bola Shagaya     Saheed Akinwumi     Yaru     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Ilorin Curfew     Olupako     Omoniyi Ayinla     Tope Daramola     Folorunsho Erubu     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Offa Metropolitan Club     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Lateef Alagbonsi     Lanre Issa Onilu     Akorede     Rapheal Ashaolu     LAK Jimoh     Kisira     Bashir Badawi     Saidu Kawu     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Hassanat Bello     Hijab     Radio Kwara     Belgore     Amoyo     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Yahya Mohammed     Yekini Adio     Jani Ibrahim     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Deji Ajani     Ile Arugbo     Olatunde Jare     KWACOBPA     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Bayer AG     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Elewu     Kayode Zubair     Oloriegbe     Balogun Fulani     Hassan A. Saliu     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Mansur Alfanla     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Olabanji Orilonishe     Osi     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Alaaya     Abubakar Usman Jos     Ijagbo Health Centre     UNIFEMGA     Yomi Adeboye     CCEPE     GAMA     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Bashirat Bola Bello     Facemasks     Shoprite     Yakubu Gobir