COVID-19 PROTOCOLS: LAGOS POLICE RAID NIGHT CLUBS, ARREST 71 FOR VIOLATING PROTOCOLS
*Impound 13 Vehicles*

The Lagos State Police Command, premised on its vow to enforce COVID-19 orders in the state, pounced on some night clubs on 3rd January, 2021, at about 3am,  arrested seventy one (71) suspects for violating COVID-19 orders at Lekki and Surulere areas of the state

In a statement signed by Lagos State police spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made it known that Lagos State Commissioner Of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, had already instructed the Taskforce, DPOs and other operational units in the command to go after the refractory, intractable and deviant individuals who might want to violate the orders and bring them to book.

The clubs raided by the Taskforce included Folix Club, Lekki and Bench Bar, Adeniran Ogunsanya, Surulere, Lagos State.

Furthermore, the Taskforce impounded eleven (11) vehicles for violating the 12 midnight to 4am curfew and two (2) vehicles for driving against the traffic(one way) on the same

CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered for immediate trial of the suspects and necessary sanctions for the owners of the impounded vehicles. He 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 Taskforce and the Lagos State Government.