Chioma Joseph, Lagos.
At least 65 persons arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce) for violating Covid-19 curfew were arraigned at the Special Offences (Mobile) Court on Tuesday.
Chairman of the agency, Shola Jejeloye, who disclosed this in a statement, said the 65 offenders were arrested around Lekki, Surulere and Ikeja during a midnight enforcement operation on new year day as directed by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.
The chairman disclosed further that 11 vehicles were also impounded for movement during the mid-night curfew.
Jejeloye stated that the Lagos State Government will not hesitate in bringing the full weight of the law to bear on any person or organization caught breaching public health regulations and protocols with regards to the COVID-19 disease.
The chairman said: “If we don’t do these, the surge will continue and with the new strain of COVID-19, which is becoming much more difficult to handle than the old strain, the Lagos State Government will continue to insist and encourage Lagosians to obey all the COVID-19 protocols.'”
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He however, urged citizens to always wear their face masks at all times, properly wash or sanitize their hands and practice physical distancing in compliance with COVID-19 safety guidelines.
“All the 65 arraigned offenders were fined N20,000 each with additional one-hour community service after they all pleaded guilty to the one -count charge of breaching the curfew contrary to Regulation 15 (3a-d) of the Lagos State Infectious Diseases (Emergency Prevention) Regulation 2020.
“Also, owners of the 11 impounded vehicles were fined N50.000 each by the court. Magistrate Lateef Layeni, Magistrate Shakirat Obasa and Magistrate Oluwatosin Fagboun of the Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court presided over the cases,” he stated.
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