Diri warns police, others against harassment over use of facemasks • Tailor 2021 budget towards eradicating COVID-19, A’Ibom govt tells MDAs Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has warned the Nigerian Police and other security operatives in the state not to harass and extort money from members of the public under the guise of enforcing the order on compulsory use of facemask. Diri gave the warning on Wednesday, while donating facemasks to representatives of bankers, markets, road transport workers, maritime, and tricycle owners unions in Government House, Yenagoa. The governor, who was represented by his Deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said that the state government has neither given any taskforce nor the police the mandate to place a sanction of fine on anybody found without a facemask. He stressed the need for due process in the enforcement of laws to avoid trampling on the fundamental human rights of the citizens. According to him, the state government has always s...