Coronavirus cases in Kaduna State may rise as high as 57,000 if there no effective enforcement and implementation of the lockdown order, an official of the state government has said.
WuzupNigeria recalls that Kaduna’s index case was a security guard who travelled from Lagos – the epicentre of the disease in Nigeria – to the state in a commercial bus.
Now, the Leader of the Task Force on COVID-19 and Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, says the risk assessment of the pandemic is troubling and could be up to 57,000 new cases if the lockdown order is wantonly violated.
Aruwan, however, said that the Taskforce has commenced massive enforcement of the lockdown, especially to stop interstate travels till further notice as part of measures to avoid community transmission of the disease.
Aruwan noted that it is important for people to observe the lockdown for as long as it is in effect for their own safety.
He said,
“With the pandemic gradually spreading to neighbouring states coupled with the sixth imported case from far away Lagos into Kaduna, we are not happy that the safe corridor provided for travellers has been serially abused since the lockdown was imposed, as people from elsewhere have been coming into Kaduna in droves in violation of the quarantine order.
“Now, security agencies have been issued an executive order to turn back any unauthorised vehicles into the state.
“Vehicles without approvals have been intercepted along Kachia road and Sabon Tasha area, with some commercial drivers abandoning their buses and fleeing in a bid to escape arrest,” he said.
The Nation
