Easter: Akure churches comply with lockdown directive

Churches in many parts of Akure, the Ondo state capital, did not open for Easter Sunday service in compliance with the stay -at -home order of the state government to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The state government had on April 17 granted the churches a concession to hold Easter services after a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

But, the state government later rescinded its directives after a positive case of COVID-19 was reported in Akure on Friday.

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In a statement issued on Saturday by Donald Ojogo, the commissioner for information, the government gave a new directive that Christians should hold the Easter Sunday service in the confines of their homes.

A visit round Owode and Oba-Ile on Sunday, showed that churches remained under lock and key.

It was however, learnt that many of the big denominations held live Easter services on different social media platforms.