The Ondo State Government Saturday has announced the cancellation of the Easter Sunday church services following the confirmation of second case of the deadly coronavirus disease in the state.
The government had earlier lifted the ban placed on the restriction of movement in the state to enable the Christians worship in the church on Easter Sunday only.
This followed the agreement reached by the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu and the leadership of the Christians Association of Nigeria but the government had reversed itself on the matter.
In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Donald Ojogo, on Saturday, the government declared that there would no church services on Easter Sunday, that all Christians should worship in their houses.
According to the statement, the government said the emergence of second case of coronavirus in the state had once again, reinforced the need to “deepen our collective efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Ojogo said, ” The Ondo State COVID-19 Response Team has reported that the second case, having travelled from Lagos to Ondo State must give the government greater concern to avoid community transmission.