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Nisa Premier Hospital Donates 2 Ventilators, PPEs To FCTA

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Nisa Premier Hospital donates ventilators to Federal Capital Territory Authority
Nisa Premier Hospital donates ventilators to Federal Capital Territory Authority

TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

Nisa Premier Hospital based in nation’s capital on friday donated two ventilators and other Personal Protective Equipments (PPE), to boost the Federal Capital Territory Administration’s efforts in combating the further spread of COVID-19 in the territory. 

Donating the utems, the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr. Ibrahim Wada said that the donation was in recogniti5on of the administration’s efforts in the fight against coronavirus, stressing that at the inception of the COVID-19 outbreak in the territory, Nisa Premier has donated Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) to medical workers on frontline.  

Wada, also pledged the commitment of the hospital to provide ambulance support to move symptomatic patients from one point to the other as part of Nisa Premier hospital corporate social responsibility throughout the period of COVID-19 pandemic.  

According to him;”First, we want to appreciate the government especially the FCT Administration for the enormous and giant stride being undertaken by alleviating the suffering of the people occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.  

“We have seen the efforts you have put in place and we pray for strength for you to do more. I am here today with the chairman of Nisa hospital, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, former Minister of National Planning and other top management staff of Nisa Premier hospital to appreciate your team.  

He continued;”When we entered the pandemic period, Nisa Premier hospital was one of the first hospitals that donated PPE on behalf of the Primary Healthcare Board to medical personnel on how to stay safe. Today, we are here for more support for both medical personnel and patients.  

Nisa Premier Hospital donates ventilators to Federal Capital Territory Authority, Nigeria
Nisa Premier Hospital donates ventilators to Federal Capital Territory Authority, Nigeria

“We have brought face masks in cartons, hand sanitizers in cartons, surgical goggles,  50 PPE, hand gloves to protect your medical personnel on frontline and two ventilators. We pledged ambulance support to move people from one place to the other because they are not well positioned within the city. Anytime we are called upon, we shall be there to assist,” he pledged.  

Responding on behalf of the administration, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, described the gesture as unique, adding that the ventilators would be used even after the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Aliyu, stated that she was not surprised at the donation made by the Nisa Premier hospital, revealing that the hospital had in the past put smiles on the faces of many Nigerians and Africans  

According to her;  “Nisa premier hospital has put smiles and still putting smiles on the faces of many Nigerians and Africans. So, I am not surprised because this is not the first time and he has come again to put smiles on many faces of indigenes and residents of the Federal Capital Territory in this period of COVID-19 pandemic.  

“Actually since we have been receiving gifts here, I can proudly say we never received ventilators and other medical items like these. This is unique donation As we all know, ventilator is what every state is seeking for even in advanced climes. And today, we have one of us because Dr. Wada is also managing one of our hospitals to support us with what everyone acknowledged to be scare commodity. These ventilators will serve us beyond COVID-19 era and by extension upgrade the standard of our hospitals”.  

Other items donated include face masks, hand gloves, hand sanitizers and protective goggles  

Eid-il-fitr: Bello Tells Muslim Faithful To Pray At Home

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muhammad-musa-bello
FCT Minister, Nigeria

TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

The FCT Administration has informed residents of the nation’s capital especially muslim faithful of the suspension of the Eid Congregational prayers in towns and cities across the Federation because of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello said this year’s Eid-el Fitr prayers will not hold on Eid-grounds across the FCT.

This, he said was following the statement by the Jama’atul Nasril Islam (JNI), under the leadership of His Eminence, The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar,

Bello made this known, in a press statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Anthony Ogunleye stated that the statement equally urged Muslims to observe the Eid-il-Fitr prayers at home with family members or alone in the case of an individual living alone.

He further stated that, this is in tandem with the guidelines, issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, that all places of worship in the FCT and other high risk states of the Federation should remain closed during the recently extended period of lock down.

In order to achieve this objective of enforcing these guidelines, meetings were held earlier between the Administration and leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the League of FCT Imams.

According to him, The meeting acknowledged that the primary concern of all leaders and public officials was to save lives. In view of this common goal, the leaders of the religious organisations have agreed to work towards the eventual opening up of worship places at a time to be determined by the Presidential Task Force, based on medical advice.

A team consisting of representatives of the religious organisations and their leadership, as well as the FCT has already been constituted to look at what the modalities and protocols of operating places of worship will be when COVID-19 lockdown of the FCT is relaxed.

The FCT Administration therefore calls for support and understanding of all residents as efforts are being made to curtail and eventually end the spread of the COVID-19 in the Territory.

Covid-19 Restrictions: FCTA Goes Tough, Arrests 84 Travellers, Impounds Dangote Truck, Buses

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Toyin Adebayo
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Ikharo Attah
Chairman FCT covid-19 enforcement task force

TOYIN ADEBAYO ABUJA

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has arrested 84 travellers who violated the interstate travel ban.

While warning others seeking to pass through the nation’s capital to stay back, saying, the Administration is not in a hurry to relax the emergency containment protocols of Covid-19 pandemic.

The Chairman, FCT Ministerial Enforcement Taskteam on COVID-19 Restrictions, Comrade Ikharo Attah while addressing newsmen at Zuba in Abuja, lamentsled that, “in spite of the directives by the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, many seem determined to remain lawless. One wonders why these people are still travelling in from state to state and in overloaded vehicles.

Attah continued: “Despite the alarming increase in the number of interstate violators, we of the FCT Administration will not relent in doing what we are directed to do by the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. If we must contain this virus that is ravaging the world, citizens must close ranks with the government”, he added.

According to him, those apprehended were travelling in a Dangote truck as well as six other buses. The breakdown of the arrest shows that 21 passengers were apprehended on a J5 bus travelling from Owo in Ondo state to Kano state.

He also said that his team intercepted a Dangote truck from Lagos to Jos with six passengers and a Toyota Hiace bus from Kaduna to Warri in Delta state with 13 passengers.

A Mazda Bus from Minna in Niger state to Nasarawa state with 16 passengers was also apprehended.

Six passengers in a Volkswagen Sharon bus from Kaduna to Kogi state were arrested as well as 14 passengers in a Toyota Hiace bus from Kaduna to Ankpa in Kogi state.

The last vehicle intercepted was a Toyota hiace bus travelling from Akwa-Ibom state to Kaduna state with eight passengers.

He further stated: “They were arraigned at the Zuba mobile court where the magistrate, Ebiwari Damini convicted both the drivers and passengers. While all the passengers, excluding minors, were fined N1, 000 naira each, the drivers of the vehicles were fined between three and five thousand naira each”.

While he ruled that the Dangote truck and three other buses be impounded in the FCT until the COVID-19 pandemic is over, he ordered that three buses whose passengers were largely women and children be turned back to where they were coming from.

FCT Cleaning Contractors Donate Palliatives To Support FCTA

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TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

The Contractors under the auspises of Association of FCT Solid Waste and Cleaning Contractors (AFSOWAC) have supported the administration with palliative items to cushion the effect of lockdown order.

Chairman of the group, Chief Lawrence Agbasoga, presenting the items to the administration stated that members of the association have noted with interest, the sterling leadership role both the FCT Minister and Minister of State have continued to play in ensuring that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the teeming populace of the less privileged was cushioned.  

He also commended the efforts of the FCT Administration in the distribution of palliatives to the vulnerable members of the society across the territory, just as he pledged the commitment of the association in driving some of its programmes.  

He further stated that, “the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has been distributing palliatives to the vulnerable members of the society across the territory to cushion the harsh effects of the Covid-19 pandemic over the past 7 weeks as means of ensuring strict compliance of the presidential sit-at-home order and other attendant requirements aimed at curbing the spread of the virus in the FCT.  

FCT Minister of State receiving pallatives from Association of FCT Solid Waste and Cleaning Contractors on behalf of the FCTA
FCT Minister of State receiving pallatives from Association of FCT Solid Waste and Cleaning Contractors on behalf of the FCTA

He continued: “We note with special interest, the sterling leadership role that the FCT Minister and Minister of State have continued to play in ensuring that the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on our teeming populace of the less privileged is cushioned”.  

Responding, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, appreciated the collective efforts of the organised private sector and individuals since the outbreak of the pandemic in the territory.  

She described the donation as “giving back to society”, also commended the cleaning contractors in supporting the administration’s efforts to reach out to the less privileged in the society.  

According to her, “On behalf of the FCT Administration, we want to appreciate your efforts in supporting us to cushion the effect of COVID-19. A friend in need is a friend indeed. You have demonstrated that you are not just cleaning the city, but partners in progress in the battle against coronavirus,” Aliyu affirmed.  

Items donated include 100 bags of 50kg rice, 100 cartons of 1×12 vegetable oil, 150 cartons of spaghetti and 150 cartons of indomie.  

Kougar Donates Artificial Machine To FCTA

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Toyin Adebayo
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TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

Kougar Solutions and Allied Services Limited, in partnership with Hikvision on Tuesday donated a thermal and artificial intelligence machine to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the territory.

Presenting the machine to the administration in Abuja, the Group Managing Director of Kougar Solutions and Allied Services, Mr. Rony Melhem said the artificial intelligence system detects normal and abnormal temperature of an individual when he walks through it.  

Speaking on the reason for the gesture, Melhem said; “As the COVID-19 pandemic has become a global challenge, we all should be allies in this battle against the pandemic. There is need for all to partner to end the disease, and to defeat the virus the solidarity and cooperation are the most potent weapon needed.  

“COVID-19 should be seen as a joint battle that required all of us to come together to fight, in the spirit of cooperation and brotherhood to overcome the pandemic”.  

He further stated that the thermal and facial recognition features that comes with the machine captures the facial image of the person as well as detects those not wearing facial masks and also detect the temperature.  

Kougar Solutions and Allied Services Limited, in partnership with Hikvision on Tuesday donated a thermal and artificial intelligence machine to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA
Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu receives
thermal and artificial intelligence machine donated to the Federal Capital Territory Administration by Kougar Solutions and Allied Services Limited, in partnership with Hikvision.

Melhem said; “anyone with high fever passing through the machine or not wearing a face mask, there is a prompter pointing out those defects, thus making detection of symptoms of COVID-19 earlier than required”.  

He expressed appreciation to the rapid response of the federal government, the Presidential Task Force (PTF), professional efforts of medical personnel and other frontline workers, stressing that their efforts had contributed to the recovery of many patients of the COVID-19.  

Unveiling the machine on behalf of the administration, FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, thanked the firm for donating the artificial intelligence system to assist the administration to contain the spread of the virus.  

Aliyu noted that the machine would in no small measure assist the administration to detect the number of people that need to be tested for coronavirus, stressing that all hands must be on deck in the battle against the dreaded disease.  

Bello Explains Why Worship Places Can’t Yet Be Reopen

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(L-R) Chairman, FCT league of Imams Initiative Dr Tajudeen Adigun, FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu and Permanent Secretary, FCTA, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, during the meeting between the FCTA and religious leaders in the FCT.
(L-R) Chairman, FCT league of Imams Initiative Dr Tajudeen Adigun, FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu and Permanent Secretary, FCTA, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, during the meeting between the FCTA and religious leaders in the FCT.

TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, the FCT Minister has given reason why places of worship cannot yet re-open in the nation’s capital.

Bello made this known when he receive in his office the FCTA and representatives of the FCT Christian and Muslim communities led by the FCT Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Chairman, Dr Samson Jonah and the FCT League of Imams Initiative, Dr Tajudeen Mohammed Bello Adigun.

According to him, the FCT is guided by advise from medical experts and guidelines from the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 which had directed that all measures approved two weeks earlier be extended for another two weeks and these include the restriction on religious gatherings.

His words: “based on the guidance of the medical experts and consultations with highest authority, the Presidential Task Force gave a decision and communication on the fact that all the measures approved two weeks ago be extended for another period of time to enable organisations, individuals and all of us plan for a gradual opening up of the society”.

He further stated that the meeting acknowledged that the primary concern of all leaders and public officials was to save lives and this involves monitoring very closely reports from the health authorities which indicate that after 9 weeks of the pandemic and attempts to curtail its spread not much has changed”

He explained that all actions on the re-opening of the society is hinged on the advice of medical experts who at the moment do not support it.

R-L) Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, Chairman, FCT League of Imams Initiative, Dr Tajudeen Adigun and Chairman, FCT Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr Samson Jonah during the meeting between the FCTA and religious leaders in the FCT.
R-L) Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, Chairman, FCT League of Imams Initiative, Dr Tajudeen Adigun and Chairman, FCT Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr Samson Jonah during the meeting between the FCTA and religious leaders in the FCT.

The Minister continued : the leaders of the religious organisations have agreed to work towards the eventual opening up of worship places at a time to be determined by the Presidential Task Force, based on medical advice.

Bello explained, a team consisting of representatives of the religious organisations and their leadership, as well as the FCT has been constituted to gradually look at what the modalities and protocols of operating places of worship will be when COVID-19 lockdown of the FCT is relaxed.

He said that such modalities were not new considering that certain protocols were put in place at the height of insecurity in the country when religious places were the targets for terrorists.

He added that: certain protocols such as use of face masks compulsory hand washing and social distancing will have to be adhered to when places of worship eventually re-open the Minister said.

This, he continued, will also include the identification and placement of modalities for the decontamination of all places of worship adding that these protocols are necessary so that when eventually places of worship are re-opened, they will be done with minimal risks to the worshippers.

The religious leaders in their comments appreciated the efforts of the FCT Administration in the fight against COVID-19 especially in the distribution of palliatives and the meeting agreed that whatever palliatives were available following the extension of the lockdown will also be re-distributed through the organs and structures of the religious organisations.

The meeting was called at the behest of the religious leaders who requested for the re-opening of places of worship in the FCT, following pressure from their followers.

Also at the meeting were the FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, the Permanent Secretary of the FCTA, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, the Acting Secretary of the health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr Mohammed Kawu and other leaders of the Muslim and Christian communities in the FCT.

Lockdown Violation : FCTA Seal Off Pacific Guest Inn in Abuja

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Toyin Adebayo
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Ikharo Attah
Chairman FCT covid-19 enforcement task force

TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

The FCT Ministerial taskforce on the enforcement of COVID-19 restriction on Tuesday sealed off Pacific Hotel and Guest Inn for violating the presidential order on hotels due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sealing of the Guest Inn was made possible following a court order granted by the FCT Magistrate Court sitting at the Eagle Square.

The Presiding Chief Magistrate Idayat Akanni said the Guest Inn was sealed off for breaches the presidential order of lockdown for a period of one week.

The Chairman of the taskforce, Comrade Ikharo Attah made this known while briefing newsmen on the development, saying, several people who were seen eating and drinking were arrested, before the Guest Inn was sealed.

According to him: “Last weekend we got a report that a wide and an elaborate party was held at the Pacific Hotel and Guest Inn, Nyanya. We sent security operatives the next day to go there and check. And when the team went there to check the next day they saw large crowd of people in there bar eating and drinking.

“Some of them were arrested while others ran away. Those arrested were taken to mobile court and the mobile court judge actually fined them N5, 000 and they engaged them in community service.

“We asked the manager why they disobeyed the presidential order. He said it is beyond him, that it is the owner of the hotel that gave order the the hotel must remain open and parties and other activities should be allowed to go on.

“So we prayed the Judge to grant us an order to scale up the hotel which the Judge graciously granted the order and we went there today and carried out the court order”.

Attah said the hotel remain closed until when the chairman and management of the hotel appears before the Judge and the judge: “gives a verdict or vacate the closed down order, that is the hotel will be reopen”.

He also disclosed that along the same Abuja/Nasarawa border, 50 persons were arrested and turned back to Zanfara for violating the COVID-19 restitution order.

He further stated that, “We also went to the Abuja/Nasarawa border post where we saw intensive search going on and many persons had to spent hows there for no fault of theirs but the truth is that we have been able to get so many persons on that particular point. Just yesterday we got some persons there saying that they left Akwanga heading to Yanfara carrying some food items and when we opened the tappoline, we saw over 50 persons. We turned them back to Akwanga where they were coming from”.

Yar’Adua’s Family Donates Protective Gears, Food Items, Others To FCTA

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Ya'Adua's Family Donates to FCTA
Ya'Adua's Family Donates to FCTA


TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

The family of Late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has donated food and personal protective gears to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to support its palliative drive in the battle against COVID-19 pandemic in the territory.  

While presenting the items to the administration, the representative of the family under the auspises of Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, Malam Shehu Umaru Yar’Adua, commended the doggedness of all the health workers, stressing that their dedication to service in these challenging times should serve as an example to other professional bodies.  

He also noted that the efforts of federal government, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, FCT Ministerial Expert Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for their diligence in service.  

His words, “My family, NGO (Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation) and I extend our deepest respect and gratitude to the government of Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Presidential Task Force on Control of COVID-19, FCT Ministerial Expert Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and to all those working in the healthcare profession for their selfless commitment and diligence as they undertake vitally important roles in our country’s fight against the ongoing pandemic.  

Dr Ramatu Tijani Aliyu recieves Ya'Adua's Family Donations to FCTA
Dr Ramatu Tijani Aliyu recieves Ya’Adua’s Family Donations to FCTA

“In difficult times, we often discover the best in ourselves, the dedication to service of doctors, nurses, lab technicians and other health workers, in these challenging times, is an example to us all,” Yar’Adua stated.  

While receiving the items on behalf of the Administration, FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, commended the Yar’Adua’s family for the gesture, stressing that the move would be exemplary to other notable families in the country.  

According to her: “We are happy to receive our former first family eminently represented by three eminent sons. This donation will no doubt go a long way to cushion the effect of COVID-19 on the residents of the territory and by extension entire Nigerians.  

Dr Ramatu Tijani Aliyu recieves Ya'Adua's Family's Donations to FCTA
Dr Ramatu Tijani Aliyu recieves Ya’Adua’s Family’s Donations to FCTA

“To me it is special because it is exemplary. This is a way to tell others that you can move out of your comfort zone to touch lives. In touching lives, you will not know that the little gesture might go a long way also to assist other people. This is telling us that they do care in the performance of their corporate social responsibility”.  

Items donated include 1000 pieces of N95 face masks, 13,000 pieces of surgical masks, 1,800 bars of soap, 23,100 sachets of detergent, 100 cartons of macaroni, 100 bags of semovita and 100 bags of rice.  

COVID-19: FCTA Extends Palliatives Items To NAPTIP

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TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has extended hands of fellowship to the management of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) in the distribution of pallatives.

The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu while delivering the items to the management of NAPTIP led by its Director General said NAPTIP is as an organisation that tackles one of the very serious challenges of child abuse among vulnerable families in the country.  

Aliyu also said that the gesture was to cushion the effect of sit-at-home directive among the vulnerable members of the society under the purview of the management of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, stressing that the activities of the organisation in curbing child and human rights abuse stands out.  

Her words, “While welcoming the D.G NAPTIP and her management team, we want to also appreciate them for the wonderful work they are doing in various communities NAPTIP happens to be an organisation that tackles one of the very serious challenges we have as regards the vulnerable groups of the society facing girl child and women’s rights abuse.  

FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu while delivering the items to the management of NAPTIP led by its Director General NAPTIP
FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu while delivering the items to the management of NAPTIP led by its Director General NAPTIP

“Even though we are yet to form the critical mass that is required to support this organisation in the fight against the anomaly, NAPTIP still stands out in this country. And we know under her purview, are these vulnerable ones of both sex and age.  

“On this note we appreciate and extend the palliative distribution to the vulnerable ones under your purview for we know they are not captured by the Area Councils. We have also identified other groups that are not captured in the Area Councils list and I can assure you that palliative items would be extended to them because no segment of the society will be left out”.  

Receiving the items on behalf of the management staff, the Director General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, thanked the FCT Administration for recognizing the role of NAPTIP in the society, while assuring that the items would be distributed to the affected members.  

Items donated include 20 bags of 50kg rice, 100 cartons of noodles, 20 cartons of hand sanitizers, 3 packs of hand gloves, 5 cartons of maggi seasoning and 50 packs of spaghetti.  

Covid-19 Lockdown: Pastors In FCT Deny Ministry, Members To Evade Arrest

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Operatives of the FCT Enforcement Team on Congregational worship
Operatives of the FCT Enforcement Team on Congregational worship

TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA

Three pastors in Abuja on Sunday denied their ministries and followers when the operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Enforcement Team on lockdown moved in to arrest them for violating the ban on congregational worship in the nation’s capital.

The Pastors were said to have partitioned a mountain at the Federal Housing area of Lugbe District traded words among themselves and even denied stewardship of their large crowd that were worshipping at the hilltop.

The pastors are: Ibitoye Kayode of the Liberty Faith Gospel Church, Joshua Olaniru of Liberty Gate Ministry and Vitalis Udeazi of Dominion Chapel.

Problem started when the Enforcement team on COVID-19 Restrictions stormed the area following a tip off, but found it difficult to identify worshippers and their religious leaders.

Some of the worshippers being arrested by the task team
Some of the worshippers being arrested by the task team

After a brief interrogation, the three pastors were indentified from the crowd, even though one of them, Vitalis Udeazi of Dominion Chapel struggled to conceal his identity.

He said none of his members were present at the time the taskforce arrived the mountain top, but this did not go down well with other pastors who protested vehemently that he was one of them.

Luck, however, ran out on him when some members pointed at him as their pastor. He still insisted that they were his prayer members.

For Joshua Olaniru of Liberty Gate Ministry, who argued that he was not among those holding worship session, a resident of the community availed the taskforce of a video clip which showed the cleric holding a worship session, a development which had led to a fight about an hour before the taskforce personnel arrived.

The Chairman of the taskforce, Comrade Ikharo Attah while speaking to the pastors, queried why are you all denying these large groups of worshippers? No one among you agreed that anyone came to worship with them even when they turned out in large numbers. One of you even went ahead to deny being a pastor”.

Meanwhile, another cleric, Pastor Effiong Bassey of the Holiness Revival Ministry Church, Karamajiji was apprehended for holding a church service to mark the 60th birthday of a retired military colonel, P.E Ebong who left the military in 2015.

Attah said while addressing the pastor, “you cannot hold a worship service in defiance of the directives of the Commander in Chief just to mark the 60th birthday of a retired colonel. Even for a serving colonel it is very wrong. You have to come with us and explain it to the magistrate at the mobile court”.

The Clerics were consequently arraigned before a Mobile Court presided over by Magistrate Akonni who found them guilty and fined them N5,000 each in addition to three hours of community service.

The team also shut down the informal sector at the Dutse Alhaji market which was fully in operation on Sunday in contravention of the Administration’s guidelines. Four traders were arrested and arraigned at the Mobile court.

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