243 STRIPPERS, CLUBBERS AND OTHERS ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING COVID-19 PROTOCOLS IN LAGOS
Police in Lagos State have arrested two hundred and forty-three suspected strippers, clubbers and others for violating the COVID-19 protocols in the State.
Recall that clubbing has been suspended in Lagos State as part of the measures to check the spread of COVID-19.
The suspects were arrested in the early hours of Saturday, January 9, during different operations, which were coordinated by the State police commissioner Hakeem Odumosu in Surulere and Maroko areas of the State.
The operation was conducted as part of the efforts of the police to ensure strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols after it raised alarm on the “worrisome disregard” by residents of the State.
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The clubs raided included, Lounge 38 on Bode Thomas Road Surulere, where eighty-five suspects were arrested and Club Victoria in Victoria Island where one hundred and fifty-two suspects were arrested, while six others were arrested for violating the Federal Government imposed 12 midnight to 4 am curfew in the State.
While addressing newmen at the State police command headquarters in Ikeja, CP Odumosu reiterated the commitment of the police to fully enforce the federal and state governments’ directives against the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
The police boss said: "on Friday 8th January 2021 during a night operation that was coordinated and commanded by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos, the command pounced on some defiant night clubs, where two hundred and thirty-seven violators were arrested.
“In total two hundred and forty-three violators were arrested and are being paraded today.”
He warned club owners to strictly comply with the state government's directives immediately, insisting that their facilities may be shut down.
“We wish to admonish Lagosians to observe the Covid-19 guidelines and protocols jealously as the pandemic is real and a global reality, which must be collectively tackled,” the Lagos CP advised.
The arrested suspected were on Saturday evening charged before a mobile court.
Lagos State being the epicentre of the infection has recorded 34,876 cases, followed by the Federal Capital Territory with 13,224 cases and 5,752 cases in Kaduna State.
On Friday, the State recorded 739 new COVID-19 cases, almost half of the total 1,544 recorded across Nigeria.
Nigeria has so far recorded 1,342 deaths from COVID-19.
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