Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Saturday night, imposed a curfew between 7 p.m and 7 a.m daily in the state.
He directed security agencies and the anti-coronavirus taskforce to arrest anybody found outside his or her residence outside this period.
Umahi, who made the declaration during the statewide broadcast held in his new office at the Centenary City Abakaliki, ordered a restriction throughout the state from Sunday, April 19, 2020.
The governor, however, exempted those offering essential services such as health workers, security agents, and media workers, who, according to him, must have pass or permit.
He said, “I hereby direct a total lockdown of the entire state from 7a.m to 7p.m and anybody found outside within this period must be arrested and prosecuted.
“Only those offering essential services such as Security agents, health workers, Media workers, who must have pass are exempted.
“We have agreed to have seven blockages in each border location. Each entry point of Ebonyi State will have seven blockages. The first one at the boundary between us and another state will be manned by the Army and Army alone. Nobody else will be there.
“Then, at a distance that will be agreed by the Deputy Governor and the security chiefs, the police will mount their own. Only the police will be there. We don’t want anybody else.
Third point will be where the other service chiefs will contribute personnel and mount blockage.”
