A Mobile Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered that four parks and gardens in the territory be sealed off for two weeks for violating the COVID-19 protocols.
Head, Media and Enlightenment, Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) COVID-19 Protocols Enforcement Taskforce, Mr Ikharo Atta, disclosed this on Monday at a media briefing in Abuja.
Attah disclosed that the affected gardens were
Eden Park and Garden in Utako, Byuan Resources Ltd., Skychef Park and Garden
and 7th Option Park and Leisure Services, all in Garki 2, Abuja.
He also disclosed that 12 persons arrested at the gardens “very late in the night’’, would be arraigned after the two weeks.
His words: “What we observe is that most of them (gardens) operate beyond the period (allowed). The persons who were in the shops didn’t comply with physical distancing. Face mask wasn’t there at all and no hand washing points.
“They were totally in breach of the COVID-19 protocol and the judge in his wisdom, Magistrate Egbe Arafe, issued the seal-off order for two weeks. After the two weeks, we will now come back to the court and continue the trial.”
Attah, who stressed that the task force would focus on night clubs, advised gardens and parks operators “to do the needful”. He also said that the authority would not yield to undue demands by parents and children for FCTA to reopen Millennium Park, Jabi Lake and other parks shut down due to COVID-19 as the measure was meant to save the lives.
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