{"id":7835,"date":"2020-03-31T09:03:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2020-03-31T09:03:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:03:49","slug":"lagos-lockdown-the-world-is-watching-sanwo-olu-warns-security-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7835","title":{"rendered":"Lagos lockdown: The world is watching \u2013 Sanwo-Olu warns security agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sanwo-Olu-_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cautioned security agencies to be friendly in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2020\/03\/30\/breaking-nigeria-records-third-coronavirus-death\/\">enforcing the lockdown<\/a>&nbsp;effective Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order was announced on Sunday by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also affects Abuja, Ogun and seeks to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanwo-Olu, during a Security Council meeting held at the State House, Marina, on Monday, urged the operatives to show civility in dealing with erring persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He observed that the world is watching and that high-handedness may lead to violation of human rights of residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, declared that the presidential directive would be fully implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odumosu said that commanders of each security agency had resolved to comply with the governor\u2019s message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noting that the enforcement would be executed with professionalism, he pleaded with citizens to exercise self-compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dThey must try as much as possible to comply voluntarily to the laid down regulations, so that we can collectively defeat the pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ComPol assured that those exempted in the presidential directive would be allowed to move unhindered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odumosu said such persons included certain professionals and government officials on essential duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Police boss advised their leadership to obtain clearance from security agencies before sending out staff to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dThe exemption is not blanket. Some other measurements will still be attached to it and sent to various government ministries in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dThe Commissioners will have to review and confirm those who are exempted are actually qualified to be exempted,\u201d Odumosu added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cautioned security agencies to be friendly in&nbsp;enforcing the lockdown&nbsp;effective Tuesday. The order was announced on Sunday by President Muhammadu Buhari. It also affects Abuja, Ogun and seeks to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Sanwo-Olu, during a Security Council meeting held at the State House, Marina, on Monday, urged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lagos lockdown: The world is watching \u2013 Sanwo-Olu warns security agencies &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7835\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7835#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Security\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=22\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lagos lockdown: The world is watching \u2013 Sanwo-Olu warns security agencies\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lagos lockdown: The world is watching \u2013 Sanwo-Olu warns security agencies &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7835","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7835#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Security","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=22"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lagos lockdown: The world is watching \u2013 Sanwo-Olu warns security agencies"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=22\" rel=\"category\">Security<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cautioned security agencies to be friendly in&nbsp;enforcing the lockdown&nbsp;effective Tuesday. 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Sanwo-Olu, during a Security Council meeting held at the State House, Marina, on Monday, urged&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7835"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}