Members of the Lagos State Safety Commission enforcement team, at the weekend, escaped injuries after they were attacked and shot at while carrying out enforcement of the COVID-19 safety precautions in Ipaja area.
Disclosing this, the Technical Adviser to the commission, Mr Seun Awojobi, stated that while carrying out the enforcement on Friday night, the team was shot at and attacked at Osigold Hotels and Bar in Baruwa Ipaja, Lagos.
He added that the task force also sealed more than 10 social and religious centres due to non-compliance with the government’s directive on social distancing and ban on social and religious gatherings. Some of the facilities sealed include The Harvest Lagos, Bay Lounge, The Heavens Suites, Angle Villa Bar, Ehi Guest House and Gardens, Egbeda, and Mountain Top Hotels and Suites, Ojodu.
He further sounded a note of warning to other facilities in the state, adding that the commission would continue to shut down erring and non-compliant facilities across the state.
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