A Nigerian Man Akinloye Saheed, has been arrested and arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Osogbo, Osun State for taking to his facebook page to accuse the state government of importing COVID19 into the state in order to get funds from the federal government.

Akinloye was arrested on the grounds of peddling fake news and was arraigned in court today April 14.

While arraigning him before the court, the police prosecutor, John ldoko, quoted the accused person to have written thus:

“When I accused Osun Government of importing COVID-19 patients into the state just to access fund from the FG many didn’t believe. The said imported patients are now Negative. APC, You Are Not Doing Well.”

The police prosecutor told the court that the action of the accused person was in contravention with COVID-19 Laws of Osun State 2020 and thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under section 61 of the Criminal code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.

After the arraignment, the state counsel, Dapo Adeniji told the court that the state government was interested in the matter and thereafter applied to take over the case. His first action after taking over the case was to oppose the bail application made for the accused person by his counsel, Bamidele Ajibade.

In his ruling, the presiding magistrate, Olusegun Ayilara, dismissed Akinloye’s bail application on grounds that it was poorly done. He thereafter ordered the remand of the accused person in a custodial centre and adjourned the case to May 13th.

Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said the Federal government cannot share to Nigerians the funds donated by private Nigerians and organizations for the fight against COVID19.

Ever since the country started having cases of coronavirus, private individuals and companies have donated huge sums to help the nation fight the pandemic.

Nigerians have called on the government to share donations as palliatives during the lockdown over the Coronavirus pandemic.

Reacting to this call, the Minister who was featured on a Radio Nigeria programme today April 14, said the Federal government does not have the power to distriubute such funds.

He explained that the private individuals and organizations came together to donate the funds and asked the Federal government how they can help to effectively fight the pandemic.

His words ;

“The private sector donors are not giving any cash to the federal government and they have made this clear to the people. They said they will support the fight against the pandemic by asking government where they want healthcare infrastructure to be provided.

What government has done is to request them to build a 30-bed isolation ward and a 10-bed Intensive Care Unit in each state in the country. In addition, the federal government has given them a list of equipment and commodities that will also be needed. Therefore, the issue of using their donations to provide palliative cannot arise.”

Officers of the Rapid Response Squad, Lagos state police command on Monday April 13th, rescued a 12-year-old boy from being mobbed after he was falsely accused of being a spy to suspected cultists attacking residents of Lagos and Ogun border communities.

According to a post by the Rapid Response Squad, some residents of Iju in Lagos state, accosted the teenager who was loitering in the area and accused him of working as a spy for members of the Awawa boys cult group alleged to have carried out various attacks in the area since the lockown began.

RRS said before they could lynch the boy, a patrol team got to the scene and rescued the teenager from their grip. He was interrogated and he explained that he was on the street because he fled his home after a disagreement with his mother.

“Our officers on patrol along Iju came across this 12yr old boy who residents suspected to be a spy for the Awawa boys. They interviewed him n realised he ran away from home after a misunderstanding with his mom.

His dad has been contacted and he has been handed over to Iju Police Station. Our patrol continues.” the RRS post read

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has directed any and all of its officers to impound any vehicle that violates the lockdown order.

The FRSC tweeted about this on Tuesday, stating that it would step up the enforcement of the restrictions in the states where it is in force.

Head of states, President Buhari extended the stay-at-home order in Lagos, FCT and Ogun states for 14 more days, going by the increasing numbers of the covid-19 cases in country.

“The Corps Marshal’s order to Commanding Officers is to ensure the full utilisation of the work force through effective deployment of personnel to arrest without hesitation, any motorist who contravenes the National Order on Stay at Home,” FRSC tweeted.

The FRSC also said that only the vehicles conveying essential workers or services would be allowed passage but added that they must show proof of identification.

The Corps also urged essential workers and vehicles to comply with social distancing guidelines.

“Commanding Officers must ensure that the vehicles are impounded and the occupants handed over to the Police for prosecution in the Court of Law,” FRSC tweeted.

See the rest of the statement tweeted by FRSC below,

UPDATED: Important Clarification on the 3rd #COVID19 case in Ondo.

Infected person is not an @officialnyscng corps member as stated online. Individual was an ex corps member that served in the Barracks and was retained. — The Governor of the state confirmed via his official Twitter page this morning.

The Ondo State Government has confirmed one case of coronavirus in the state.

Recall that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday, confirmed twenty new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

NCDC said the cases were in Lagos, Kano, Edo, Ogun and Ondo State.

Confirming the development, Akeredolu on his Twitter handle, said the new case is a close contact of one of the State’s index cases.

The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Ondo State has now risen to three.

He wrote, “The @NCDCgov just confirmed another case of #Covid_19 in Ondo State. The reported case is a close contact of the index case who was also put in isolation but was tested once they began to display symptoms.

“The new case brings the total number of confirmed cases in Ondo State to 3.”

Also, according to a statement issued by the information and Orientation commissioner Donald Ojogo on Monday the patient is a Medical doctor.

“The third positive case in Ondo State is a Medical Doctor; he is a Youth Corps member attached to the Army Clinic at the Barracks and had attended to the first index case while he was under observation.” Vanguard quoted the statement as saying.

10 Nigerians who applied for evacuation from the United Kingdom due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have tested positive for the novel virus.

Recall the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had give conditions for Nigerians residing outside the country, to be evacuated. One of such conditions stated that they would be tested for COVID-19 before coming back to Nigeria.

According to a reports, most of those who tested positive were not resident in the UK, but went to the European country for business and educational purposes. United Kingdom is one of the high risk countries.

President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has revealed that the governing body will be doing their bit to support Nigerians during the coronavirus-induced home lockdown.

Nigeria now has over 300 confirmed cases of Coronavirus with ten deaths and Amaju says the NFF will be alleviating the hardship brought upon Nigerians by the shutdown of businesses and commercial activities by giving out tubers of yam.

Pinnick who was speaking on Channels TV said ;

“Behind the scene, we do quite a lot. We are going to support some of these centres even if it is buying some tubers of yams. We have to do that. Covid-19 is something that nobody expected.”