BY FOLASHADE KEHINDE
THE Lagos State Police Command has said it will prosecute 43 clubbers, including strippers, who were arrested at a night club on Victoria Island, Lagos, on Sunday night.Police operatives, on the order of the Commissioner of Police, had arrested the suspects for “clustering and clubbing” without regard for COVID-19 protocols.Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.“The Police operatives attached to Maroko Division, on the order of the Commissioner of Police, went after the deviant clubbers and got them arrested in the club, clustering and clubbing without any regard for the COVID-19 protocols,” Adejobi said.He added, “The CP, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the suspects be moved to taskforce office in Oshodi for prosecution.“He ordered that club owners should no longer be spared as they encourage total disregard for the (COVID-19) protocols.”The Commissioner, however, urged Lagosians to be law-abiding and to value their lives in the face of the rising COVID-19 cases globally.