Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba, Ade Adesomoju, Samson Folari, Tobi Aworinde andThe Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, contrary to a directive by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhar
i , on Tuesday ordered police commands not to exempt anybody, including workers on essential duties, when enforcing the ban on interstate movements and the nationwide curfew.
In his second COVID-19 on April 13, when he extended the lockdown in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun states, the President also emphasised that workers on essential duties were exempted from the lockdown. The source stated, “For your information, a curfew is a curfew. After 8pm, there will be no movement by anybody, including journalists and doctors as well as other health workers.
“The IG gave this directive to the zonal assistant-inspectors general of police and state commissioners of police during a virtual conference held on Tuesday.”The Executive Secretary of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, Feyi Smith, in an interview with one of our correspondents, noted that the IG’s directive could not override the President’s directive exempting the essential workers.
He said, “I don’t think he has a right to give a counter-directive. Doctors are recalled from home to do emergencies and they have to return home. They can be recalled at any time when there is an emergency and they have to move. “Otherwise, what the PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha, said this evening in their briefing is that all the people who are on essential services with their adequate identity cards will assuage the efforts of the police in trying to curtail undue movements.
He said, “The directive of the President regarding restriction of movement does not apply to persons designated to be on the essential service list.“I don’t think the IGP has the authority to contradict the President on a clear directive. Regarding curfew, it is not all the states in the federation that curfew has been declared.
He stated, “I heard the statement and what quickly came to mind is that even in the worst of circumstances and war times, essential services providers are always exempted from restriction of movement.”A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, said a police signal could not override the rights of doctors, nurses, fire service officials, journalists and other essential workers.
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