IGP Adamu makes U-Turn, rescinds order on movement of essential workers

By our reporter| The Inspector-General of Police on Tuesday night rescinded an earlier order restricting the movement of essential workers amid the COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, and FCT.

Police officers monitory monitoring the federal government imposed curfew to curb the spread of COVID-19, had earlier on Tuesday, restricted essential workers from moving within Lagos at the beginning of the 8 pm curfew.

But in a statement late Tuesday via its verified Twitter handle @PoliceNG, titled Covid-19: Enforcement of Restriction Orders: IGP Mohammed Adamu said essential workers can now go about their essential duties.

The statement read, ”All essential workers including Medical Personnel,Firefighters, Ambulance Services,Journalists,etc are exempted from the restriction of movement associated with both the partial lockdown and the national curfew across the Federation”.

The IGP further directed all “Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commands Commissioners of Police to give effect to these exemptions whilst enforcing the restriction orders.”