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Allegation of Covid-19 tag sales in Abuja, Police open investigation
Investigation into the allegation of COVID-19 pass tag in Abuja, being sold to persons not on the exemption list trending on the social media has started, the commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Balance Ciroma has said.
The tags which were issued by the police and the FCT Security Service Department were part of measures adopted to check the violation of the presidential lockdown order meant to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
The FCT police spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said the authentic exemption tags were issued only to “duly verified persons that are essential service providers, free of charge.”
It noted, “ The command wishes to assure members of the public that investigation into the allegation that some unscrupulous elements are printing and sharing these tags has commenced.”
