Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has charged the people of the state to continue to observe perfect hygienic measures, social distancing and other precautions towards a successful containment of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Akeredolu made this admonishment at a media briefing at the Government House Grounds in Akure.
The rise in the cases of COVID-19 in the state was what impelled the Governor to again admonish the people of the state through the briefing.
The briefing by the Governor revealed that Ondo now has eight confirmed cases of the disease.
Part of the address reads:
“As you are aware, Ondo State recorded five more Cases of Covid-19 infection over the weekend. The fourth and fifth Cases occurred on Saturday while the sixth, seventh and eighth Cases were discovered yesterday, Sunday”.
“The fourth and fifth Cases were clear evidence of panic, disobedience, lack of discretion and reckless disregard for the well being of others, while the sixth, seventh and eighth Cases were regrettable Cases of community transmission whose presence in our State were by default”.
“For purpose of clarity and for clear understanding of the facts of the matter by members of the public, the fourth and fifth Cases are officers of the Nigerian Police Force, serving under the Lagos State Police Command while the sixth case is a murder suspect who was arrested in Edo State and transferred to Ondo State for trial of crime earlier committed in Ondo State. The seventh case was a female civilian who sneaked into the State from Abuja”.
“Meanwhile the eighth case was discovered in Owo and samples taken were confirmed positive late last night”.
While lamenting the porous nature of the state’s borders and the bottlenecks encountered in the process of policing the borders of the state’s territory, the Governor urged the Police authorities and other Service Chiefs to be more proactive in their duties of properly manning the state’s borders.
