Lockdown: Embark on religious service and regret your action, Ogun state police tells religious leaders

The Ogun State Police Command has read a riot act to any religious leaders who intends to embark on any worship or services to desist from such plans, or end up regretting for disobedience to government directives on lockdown

Penpushing reports that, the warning was contained in a statement issued by the Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, stating that it has come to attention of the authorities of such preparations by some clerics in the state

” It has come to the notice of Ogun State Police Command that some religious leaders in the state are preparing to open their various religious centers for people to converge in total disobedience to both the state and federal government directives”,the statement reads.

“The command hereby appeal to such religious leaders in both Islamic and Christian faith who may be having such intention to have a change of mind because the security agencies in the state will view such with all seriousness”,Oyeyemi warned

Penpushing further reports that the statement declared that the command will not tolerate any act capable of undermining the determination of the state and federal government to fight the coronavirus pandemic to standstill.

“The commissioner of police therefore wishes to use this medium to remind all religious leaders that the ban on all forms of gathering be it social or religious is still in force. He also admonished all and sundry to cooperate with the government in its efforts to make the state coronavirus free”,the statement added