Ekiti State Government has said it will prosecute the soldier’s wife who came into the state from Katsina State with COVID-19 despite the lockdown order and prohibition of inter-state movement.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said on Wednesday that the woman who came to visit her husband had committed an offence and would face prosecution.
She said the woman’s husband who was her only main contact had been quarantined for 14 days in line with the World Health Organisation guidelines. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Health, Dr Jimlas Ogunsakin, said seven of them returned to the state from Kano State. He said three others who are women forcibly entered the state.
He said, “We got several tip-offs from people and we acted on them. The Kano returnees came to Adeparusi Estate in Adebayo and some came to Atinkankan area. We got the information from the public and we got them arrested and they were quarantined immediately.”
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