Put on face masks or danger prosecution, Fayemi warns |

Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti

ANYONE who refused to put on face masks in Ekiti State starting from in the present day, dangers arrest and prosecution, Governor Kayode Fayemi warned on the weekend.

Governor Fayemi stated the drastic step was to include probably the most harmful stage of the COVID-19 which is neighborhood transmission of the virus. He expressed grave concern over non-compliance with COVID-19 protocols within the state.

The governor, who spoke by the Lawyer Basic and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Olawale Fapohunda, in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday, stated cell courts had been established to prosecute and impose sanctions comparable to fines and neighborhood companies on defaulters.

Fayemi, who additionally described as unacceptable residents’ disbelief that pandemic just isn’t actual, stated the state authorities would as from Monday start enforcement of the COVID-19 laws with acceptable sanctions for violators of use of face masks and social distancing.

Fapohunda stated: “Mr Governor could be very involved about what seems to us to be widespread lack of compliance with the COVID-19 laws in Ekiti State, significantly with the carrying of face masks.