IGP RESTORES EXEMPTION OF MOVEMENT FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has rescinded an order restricting the movement of essential workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
On Tuesday, at the start of the 8 pm curfew, essential workers in Lagos were obstructed at several police checkpoints around the State.
Reports indicate the officers claimed they were enforcing an order, which directed that health workers and media personnel were not allowed to move beyond 8 pm.
However, during a virtual meeting with the Zonal Assistant-Inspectors General of Police and State Commissioners of Police held on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, the IGP directed all “Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commands Commissioners of Police to give effect to these exemptions whilst enforcing the restriction orders,” Adamu said.
A tweet from the Nigeria Police Force’s handle confirms this development: “All essential workers including Medical Personnel, Fire-fighters, Ambulance Services, Journalists, etc are exempted from the restriction of movement associated with both the partial lockdown and the national curfew across the Federation.”
The IGP also ordered strict enforcement of the national curfew and inter-state movement restriction orders emplaced by the Federal Government as part of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
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