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COVID-19: Abdulrazaq Vows To Punish Travel Ban Violators

Thompson Nsisongabasi

May 13, 2020

The recent increasing rate of COVID-19 pandemic in Kwara state has been reportedly linked to the violation of the travel ban order by Governor Abdulrazaq.

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The flagrant disobedience by some travelers has made the state to threaten stricter measures on the citizens, visitors, and indigenes of the state.

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Speaking in Ilorinwith the leadership of the Hausa community, Deputy Governor and Chairman of COVID-19 Technical Committee, Mr Kayode Alabi, has vowed to punish all travel ban violators as most of the COVID-19 index cases in the state were non-residents intercepted by security personnel.

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He urged the executive members of the community to inform their people to stay anywhere they are until the end of the pandemic.

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The deputy governor noted that "the virus does not show on faces and the moment a carrier mingles with others, it increases community spreadingÔÇØ.

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However , Naija News recalls that ten new cases of COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in ilorin yesterday.

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This development brings the total of confirmed cases in the state to 44, including nine discharged patients as well as one death.

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