COVID-19: 50 arrested at nightclub

No fewer than 50 people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday at a night club in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, by the state Technical Committee on COVID-19. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in the state, Dr Femi Oladiji, disclosed this on Saturday in Ilorin at the state’s quarantine centre where […]

No fewer than 50 people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday at a night club in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, by the state Technical Committee on COVID-19.

The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in the state, Dr Femi Oladiji, disclosed this on Saturday in Ilorin at the state’s quarantine centre where the suspects were kept.

Dr Oladiji explained that the operation was led by the state Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19, Mr Kayode Alabi.

A statement by the spokesperson for the state technical committee on COVID- 19, Rafiu Ajakaye said the ban on night clubbing remains in force to prevent further spread of the virus saying the action of the clubbers violated the Kwara State Infectious Diseases Regulations 2020 as well as government’s subsisting ban on gatherings beyond 20 people.