…as police boss vows to arrest more violators
By Okosun Dennis
The owner of Club Victoria’s, located at Ajose Adeogun, Mr Owede Bruno, 42, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for violating COVID-19 protocols in the state.
The suspect was subsequently charged to court on a 4-count charge according to the provisions of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, at Ebute Metta Magistrate Court on January 13, 2021.
A raid led by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, had raided some clubs on January 9, 2021, in Victoria Island, about 1.30am, including Club Victoria’s, where 143 clubbers and strippers were arrested and 34 cars impounded.
CP Odumosu has vowed to, and ordered for the arrest of club owners who encourage fun seekers and clubbers to patronise them despite the spike in the recorded cases of the pandemic and preventive protocols put in place in Lagos State.
He reiterates the command’s readiness to consistently go after violators of COVID-19 protocols including club owners who remain recalcitrant.
He further warned the general public against the violation and/or disregard for the preventive measures/protocols being put in place by the government to halt the spread of the pandemic in the state.
While promising to intensify enforcement of laws in Lagos State and COVID-19 protocols, he assured that policing the state would be all-inclusive and people-oriented in accordance with international policing standards.
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