Nigeria Issues "Shoot On Sight" Order for Infected Persons Breaking Quarantine

[PaIadin]

So a Nigerian governor has order security forces to shoot any persons that break quarantine on sight.

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, yesterday ordered security operatives to shoot any returnee that tries to escape from the quarantine and isolation centres on sight.

The state government had at the weekend ordered immediate isolation of no fewer than 37 returnees that entered the state through the bush after the state government ordered the closure of its borders.

[unusedusername]

What is the source for this information?

[2Stroke]

A quick search for a snippet of this article yields several links to it.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%2C+David+Umahi%2C+yesterday+ordered&t=fpas&ia=web

[unusedusername]

A quick search for a snippet of this article yields several links to it.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%2C+David+...&t=fpas&ia=web

I saw that. I did a similar search and was unhappy with the results. I was hoping to get something more of a primary source.

The duckduckgo search you linked to returns three articles. The rest are on other matters. The first two blogs are both hosted on the same hosting, which is highly risky as a source. The search also returns a newspaper article from a site that appears reputable. The issue is that there is zero coverage of this anywhere else. Usually, that indicates the information as being highly suspect.

The order to shoot unarmed people for violating quarantine seems extreme enough that a solid source is warranted.

Edit to add: Google currently links this thread as the third top result in the search. Again, very suspect. The only things above it is a blog and a Facebook post.