Police frustrating my efforts to curb Coronavirus in Ondo

The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday alleged the Ondo state police command of being responsible for the influx of people from other states despite the ban on inter-state movement.

The Governor who spoke through his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Dr Doyin Odebowale also alleged that the police were frustrating the effort of the government at containing the spread of the pandemic.

Odebowale who visited the state boundaries on Sunday, accused the police of allowing people to enter the state after paying a bribe to the police.

**Ondo – Osun border along Ilesa /Akure expressway**

He said, “You people are supposed to turn back any unauthorised vehicles but you allow them to pass through. You are corrupt. You are not doing your work.”

Reacting, the head of the police team, Mr Ebisine Amy however denied the allegations.

Ebisine said the policemen at the boundary were doing the work professionally.

“We don’t collect money from anybody and no vehicle has passed through this place. My men are doing their work accordingly,” he said.

Also speaking, the Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19 and Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro said the state was doing everything within its power to stop the spread of the pandemic.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists,NUJ in the state had over the weekend raised alarm over the development saying “We appeal to the Ondo state government to be more proactive in checkmating the spread of COVID-19 particularly inter states movement and alleged misconducts at Ondo state borders, as well as ensuring timely distribution of palliative items to the vulnerable people in the state, even as the state records second case of coronavirus.”