By Balogun Damilola
The Ondo State Commissioner of Police, CP Undie Adie, psc+, says inter-State travelers across the country and especially those with the aim of coming into or through Ondo State to know that Ondo Police Command will this time strictly enforce the 8pm till dawn curfew imposed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in his recent broadcast on COVID19.
CP Adie said the Command regrets its use of persuasion to encourage citizens to keep to the Stay at home and the Social distancing order of the State government as some citizens abuse it to a more disgraceful and disdained manner.
And therefore said with the daily discovery of new index cases across the country, the Command would this time be a little more aggressive to enforce the curfew.
CP Adie said, “if we don’t apply some drastic measures to drive home these directives and we continue to allow people wander from State to State with little or no reason to travel we would end up blaming ourselves at the long run; but lest we do that our option now is the use of proportionate force to ensure people obey the order”
He further said those who think they can hide under the umbrella of trucks carrying food items or some other essential commodities into the State should prepare to face the wrath of the law if they are caught.
And therefore calls on the management of the National Union of Road Transport Workers-NURTW and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria-RTEAN to direct its workers to strictly obey the directives of government as his Command would not hesitate to impound and prosecute occupants of any inter-State buses found in Ondo State during this period.
CP Adie said he has ordered his Area Commanders, DPOs and Heads of other formations of the Command to carry out intensive and aggressive foot and vehicular patrols across the State to prevent any untoward experiences.
Asp Tee-Leo Ikoro
PPRO
Ondo Police Command.