Lockdown: Police Arrest 39 At Lagos Strip Club Despite Covid-19 Fears

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Operatives from Idimu Police Station have arrested 39 suspects in a hotel at Idimu for clubbing and striptease.

The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, DSP Bala Elkana, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.

“This is in total violation of the lockdown order and social distancing directives and the suspects will be charged to court,” he said.

Also, operatives from Maroko Police Station in Lagos State have arrested and charged 10 suspects for organising a party at Lekki Gardens.

Elkana said the suspects have been arraigned in court on three-count charge and found guilty as charged.

“They were sentenced to six months imprisonment and community service, to run concurrently,” he said.

Similarly, Elkana said that 121 violators of lockdown order have been arrested in different parts of Lagos State and charged to court.

He said they were given fines ranging from N5,000 to N10,000 and two hours community service.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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