by By Elijah Ugani – Calabar
JoCross River State Government has ordered the return of five trucks loaded with almajiris including other passengers back to the northern part of the country.
The trucks were intercepted on Wednesday night by a border patrol team, comprising of Peace Corps members, Civilian Vigilantes, Covid 19 border taskforce and youth group at Gakem border town in Bekwarra LGA of the state near Benue state.
The team lead and Commissioner for Youth and Skills Development, Hon. Signor Omang Idiege noted that the intensive search and blockade of inter state vehicular movement that led his team to intercept the trucks.
His words “after a thorough check on the five trucks, we discovered that most of the passengers, aside goods, were almajiris who did not meet Covid 19 protocols, we had to force them to turn back”
Idiege used the opportunity to appeal to the Chairman, Covid 19, to visit the truck parks in the state and caution their drivers against conveying almajiris who have not been isolated.
