Despite the interstate travel ban imposed across Nigeria, the Amotekun Corps in Osun, on Sunday, caught at least 14 youth who sneaked into the state...
Despite the interstate travel ban imposed across Nigeria, the Amotekun Corps in Osun, on Sunday, caught at least 14 youth who sneaked into the state from the northern part of Nigeria.PREMIUM TIMES gathered that although those caught hid themselves in a trailer, they were intercepted at checkpoints manned by Amotekun in Ikire.
Confirming the incident to journalists, the Director- General of the Amotekun Corps, Amitolu Shittu, disclosed that his team led the youth back to the Osun-Oyo boundary. Osun is not the only state sending back travelling Nigerians, mainly from the northern part of Nigeria. Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded 338 new cases of COVID-19 as the total number of cases inched closer to 6,000. Six people were also confirmed dead from the virus on Thursday., with Sunday’s figure, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 5,959, from 5,621 reported on Saturday evening.
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