BREAKING: Akeredolu imposes curfew, orders arrest of defaulters
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Apr 14, 2020
Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has imposed a 7pm to 7am curfew on the state to curb further spread of COVID-19.
He threatened to declare a total lockdown of the state if another COVID-19 case is discovered.
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Akeredolu clarified that the third case was not a member of the National Youth Service Corps but an employee of the Nigeria Army Clinic that served there in 2017.
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He ordered arrest and detention of any person caught during the curfew hours.
The Ondo Governor said it was disturbing that a third COVID-19 case could be detected in the state despite measures put in place to curtail the spread.
Akeredolu noted the stiffer measures being put in place was to stop COVID-19 from spreading across the state.
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