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The Ondo State Goverment has lamented the influx of people from other states into the state, despite the ban on inter-state movement.
The Special Adviser on Special Duties to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu , Dr Doyin Odebowale, who visited the state boundaries on Sunday, alleged that the police were frustrating the effort of the government at containing the spread of coronavirus by allowing people to enter the state after paying a bribe.
Addressing the policemen at the Ondo-Osun boundary, Odebowale said: “You people are supposed to turn back any unauthorised vehicles but you allow them to pass through. You are corrupt. You are not doing your work.”
However, the head of the police team, Mr Ebisine Amy, denied the allegation, saying the policemen at the boundary were doing the work professionally.
“We don’t collect money from anybody and no vehicle has passed through this place. My men are doing their work accordingly,” he said.
Speaking, the Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19, who is also the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, said the state was doing everything within its power to stop the spread of the pandemic.