The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Bala Ciroma, has ordered an investigation into an allegation trending on the social media that the COVID-19 tags were being sold to persons, not on the exemption list.

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 contain the spread of COVID-19.

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.”