Flog anyone that does not wear mask – Gov

In a bid to curtail the sread of the ravaging coronavirus, the governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi, in a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday at Abakaliki, ordered local government officials to flog residents of the state who appears in public without face masks.

Even though Ebonyi has not recorded a single case of Coronavirus, the governor said it’s a precaution to stay safe.

“Let me warn again that no face mask in Ebonyi State, no public movement,” the governor said.

“If you don’t have a face mask and you are out, I am directing the local government chairmen to use their men to inflict the minimum compliance which is the cane – the cane.

“No face mask, you will attract cane, it doesn’t matter who you are. If you are a big man and you are coming outside and you do not have a face mask, you will face trouble and the law is very clear about that.

“We have also emphasised, in fact, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) has also warned that the order of blocking must be maintained.

“The police must block the first point of the border, the army must give a safe distance and then block, then the other security agencies will now block and then after that, it is now the neighbourhood watch.”