No fewer than 150 travelers have been arrested in Enugu
State for defying the government’s lockdown order.
The State Government had late March
imposed border restrictions as part of measures to curtail the spread of the
Coronavirus pandemic.
Our correspondent, who was at Opi, one of the communities near
the Enugu-Benue-Kogi borders, reports that over 30 vehicles were impounded by
the military.
The affected commuters, mostly from the Northern part of the
country, who said they have been held since yesterday, claimed that hunger
drove them away from their States.
One of them, who identified himself as Peter from Benue
State, told journalists, “I’m aware of the order but hunger is killing me. That
is why I have to come out.”
Another defaulting traveler, heading for the North, revealed
that, “I crossed Bonny River to escape from Port-Harcourt.
“Enugu is not my destination; I’m on my way to Kano, my
home, it is better for me to die there. Hunger is killing me.”
He revealed that they beat the tight border security post at
Amala, Obollo-Afor in Udenu Local Government Area by taking a walk through the
Benue axis to Obollo-Afor from where they boarded vehicles.
As of the time of filling this report, they were turned back
and escorted out of the State by a team of security agencies.
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