Lagos Seals off Jumia, Brothel for Flouting Lockdown Order
NHRC condemns violation of human rights by enforcement agents
The Lagos State Taskforce has sealed off Jumia warehouse, a Chinese firm and a brothel for non-compliance with the 14 days lockdown order issued by President Muhammadu Buhari.
This is coming as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed its staff to monitor and document all cases of human rights violations across the country for necessary actions after they received cases of human rights violations by security operatives enforcing government directives on COVID-19.
The taskforce announced the sealing off of Jumia and other erring business ventures via its Twitter account, @Lasepainfo on Wednesday with images as evidence.
Accusing security forces of human rights violations, NHRC through the Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, said the public should report by telephone calls or text messages or video to relevant staff of the commission and ensure that such reports include the location of the violation, date, time of such violations including a clear description of alleged violators and their victims, their gender and vulnerability.
NHRC’s complaint is coming two days after the commencement of the lockdown in Lagos and Abuja.
“Complaints should be reported to the commission for documentation and directed for redress to the commissioners of police of the three areas which include: CP FCT: 08033438900; CP Lagos: 08033438179, and CP Ogun: 08033438900,” Ojukwu noted.