By Stanley Nwanosike
Mr Everestus Obiyo, Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, has turned back 15 Enugu-bound vehicles, mostly commercial buses, at the Enugu-Abia boundary.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Denny Iwuchukwu, said in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu that the vehicles and their occupants were turned back on Tuesday.
Iwuchukwu said the commandant took the action while conducting an on-the-spot check on boundaries between Enugu and neighbouring states.
He said the commandant’s action was to enforce the Federal Government’s banning of interstate movement of persons not on essential duty, to check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
Iwuchukwu said that the commandant was told by security men at the boundary that the vehicles parked, because they were denied entry into the state.
The NSCDC chief was told by the security personnel at the boundary that the vehicle operators did not heed the directive…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
