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COVID-19: Ekiti court fines man N40,000 for not wearing mask
One Vincent Ikechukwu has been asked to pay N40,000 by an Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court over failure to wear a face mask.
The Governor Kayode Fayemi-led government recently made the wearing of face mask compulsory in the state as part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
However, Ikechukwu failed to comply with the order and was dragged to the court where he was charged the fine, and also asked to do a three-day community service.
Magistrate B.A Oluwasanmi in the judgement highlighted the threat to existence, caused by the COVID 19 Pandemic, and why it is a serious crime to flout the law put in place to ensure safety for all.
The charges levelled against Ikechukwu read:
“That You Vincent Ikechuckwu at about 11am on the 8th day of May, 2020 at Fajuyi,Ado-Ekiti Magisterial district, did without lawful excuse, move without wearing a cloth face mask, thereby violating the provisions of Regulations 4 (2) (a) of Regulation 4 Punishable under Regulation 12 of the Ekiti State Coronavirus (Prevention of infection) Regulations 1-4 ,2020 made pursuant to section 8 of the Quarantine act, Cap Q2, LFN, 2004.”
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No less than a hundred violators of the state’s COVID-19 directive, including clergymen, had been given various punishments in Ekiti State for violation of government orders meant to check the spread of COVID 19.
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