A total of 15 imams have been arrested and convicted for violating the lockdown order imposed by the Kano State government to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
This was disclosed by Habu Sani, the state Commissioner of Police, while giving an update on the enforcement of lockdown in the state.
According to Sani, who doubles as the Chairman of Security Committee of the state’s COVID-19 Task Force, said 30 other suspects were equally arrested and convicted for violating the orders.
He said: “Fifteen persons who I could call Imams who conduct Friday prayers and thirty others were charged to court and all convicted.
“We are going to deploy Community policing by using all the various religious groups, the Tijjaniyya, Quadiriyya, Izallah and others in every aspect of enforcement to make the people realize the implications of what they are doing.
“However, we will continue to identify areas and review strategies to ensure strict compliance to the lockdown in order to fight to an end the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Kano State has recorded 115 confirmed Coronavirus cases, the third-highest in the country.
