Lagos Police arrest 43 clubbers, strippers for violating  COVID-19 Protocols

By Tobi Adetunji

The Lagos State Police command has ordered immediate Prosecution of forty-three  arrested clubbers and strippers across various spots in Lagos.

This was contained  in a statement signed  by the Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi and made available to Nigerian NewsDirect in Lagos.

These violators were arrested   at  various clubs which includes;  Eclipse Night Club, Ligali Ayorinde Street,  and Victoria Island Lagos.

Earlier the  Commissioner of Police Lagos State CP Hakeem Odumosu  expressed  zero tolerance for violators of COVID-19 protocols and  ordered the rank and file of the force to follow suit.

The Police boss said,  “the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Department in the command are to  be on the prowl of violators of the preventive protocols and orders of the government on halting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Giving the detailing of how the violators were arrested he said, “The Police operatives attached to Maroko Division of the state, went  after the deviant clubbers and got them arrested in the club clustering and clubbing without any regard for the COVID-19 Protocols.”

Odumosu ordered that the suspects be moved to the Taskforce office Oshodi for prosecution and emphasized that club owners would no longer be spared as they encourage total disregard for the protocols in the state.

“According him, based on reports and updates on the spread of the pandemic, Lagosians are admonished to be law-abiding and value their lives as the pandemic is a global reality for violation.”