Anambra and Niger states have declared a fresh lockdown for 14 days in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Declaring the new lockdown, the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, said this followed the recording of the index case in the state on Friday.
Before the governor’s announcement of complete restriction of movement in the state, there had been partial lockdown as a result of the pandemic.
The governor in a broadcast to the people of the state on Saturday ordered law enforcement agencies to arrest those who violate the “no movement order.”
He said, “The restriction on movement is hereby extended by two weeks. This time, we are placing a comprehensive lockdown on Anambra State. We shall not tolerate any movement across the state by individuals and groups.
“Only people on essential services are permitted to move round in the delivery of those services to the people.”
Similarly, the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, on Saturday imposed a total lockdown on the state for two weeks beginning from the midnight of Sunday, April, 12, following the discovery of one case of COVID-19 in the Limawa area of Minna, the state capital.
Bello further directed that Limawa community people be completely isolated from the rest of the public for two weeks.
“The decision to lock down the state was arrived at after a joint emergency meeting of the state executive council with the COVID-19 task force to review the situation and stop further spread of the coronavirus,” he said.
He added that the two weeks lockdown was subjected to review if the need arose, stressing that window had been created within the lockdown for the people to purchase their domestic needs.
He said April 16, 20, 23 and 27 had been set aside to give people the opportunity to buy essential goods.
