BENIN CITY – A mobile court sitting in Benin City presided over by Chief Magistrate Bright Eraze Oniha has convicted 16 persons for disobeying the directive of the Edo State Government on compulsory use of facemasks and restriction of movement between 10pm and 5am.
The convicted persons, after pleading guilty to the offence, were sentenced to three (3) hours of community service within the premises of the Edo State High Court, Benin City.
The Chief Magistrate discharged and acquitted three other persons including Blessing Imasuen, Abu Bala and Elvis Elechi.
He said one among the three accused persons was arrested inside his hotel room, while two others, who are bouncers, were arrested within their work premises, noting that the bouncers proved beyond reasonable doubt that they were at their duty post preventing customers from gaining entrance at the time of their arrest.
17 persons convicted, undergo community service for violating COVID-19 protocols in Edo 17 persons convicted, undergo community service for violating COVID-19 protocols in Edo
Jan 25, 2021
Violators of COVID-19 protocols carrying out community service, at the premises of Edo State High Court in Benin City, on Monday, January 25, 2021
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Violators of COVID-19 protocols carrying out community service, at the premises of Edo State High Court in Benin City, on Monday, January 25, 2021
17 persons have been convicted by an Edo Magistrate Court sitting in Oredo Magisterial District for violating the curfew imposed by the Edo State Government restricting movement between 10 pm to 5 am, in a bid to tame the spread of the second wave of COVID-19 in the state.