Police in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital have arrested 1400 people in just a week for flouting government measures to minimise the spread of coronavirus after the lifting of a lockdown.
The measures include night curfew from 20:00 to 06:00 local time, mandatory wearing of face masks in public and ban on inter-state travel.
In a statement, commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu said that 820 people were arrested for violating the curfew and about 130 were arrested for not wearing masks.
Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday warned that the lockdown could be reintroduced if residents continued to ignore social distancing guidelines.
There has been concern over the tactics used by security officers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The national human rights commission has said that security officers killed at least 18 people during the lockdown.
President Muhammadu Buhari previously said that the government would not tolerate human rights being violated.
4641 Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Nigeria with the virus claiming 150 lives.
Source: BBC
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