The Deputy Governor and Chairman of the state technical committee on COVID-19, Mr. Kayode Alabi, who gave the order while addressing newsmen in Ilorin, said all security chiefs have been briefed to arrest whoever acted contrary to the government directive for immediate prosecution and conviction by mobile courts.
“Of these, two have recovered and had since been discharged. All the five new cases were contacts from our previous cases,” the deputy governor stated.“As we speak, our hard working rapid response team have since started aggressive contact tracing of persons who have had contacts with them to prevent community transmission of the disease and put us in firm control of the situation.”
He said all markets will remain open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between the hours of 8am and 12noon for people to restock foods and other essentials, but there shall be no vehicular movements of any kind except those on essential duties and trucks conveying foods and drugs and associated services earlier exempted.
He said people are to patronize only markets nearer to their places of residence as movements to the markets shall be by foot, warning that ” anyone caught violating these regulations will be prosecuted in the mobile courts and sanctioned accordingly.
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