Some Nigerians who rejected a government order to stay in place and left COVID-19 affected states for home are being turned in by their own communities.
These states face the highest rates of COVID-19 in the country, and some Nigerians are willing to ignore the government mandate to stay in place and find ways to sneak back home to rural areas where COVID-19 is far less prominent.
In Zamfara state, located in the northwestern part of the country, citizens hearing about a newly returned community or family member are tracking down the family and turning in the escapee to the authorities.
Recently, Uwani Shehu successfully dodged authorities to leave Lagos state, a highly COVID-19 affected area, and returned to Gusau, the state capital, and headed to her family’s home.
Panicked, Bala fled his shop and returned to his home state—Zamfara—where the authorities placed him under quarantine.
