The state’s health commissioner said the new cases of the virus were suspected to be recorded after the Eid- el-kabir celebration.
The convict was arraigned before Justice Monisola Abodunde on a one-count charge of rape.
A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Police was also sighted hovering in the sky a few minutes after the shooting.
Peoples Gazette reporters on election duty found anti-riot policemen manning strategic locations in the state to ensure orderliness.
“We only went there to drink beer before we were arrested by officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,” they said.
The arrested suspects are Hassan Mesaje, Dagogo Nadahi, Saidi Laun, Abubakar Usman, Lawal Abdullahi, Usman Ibrahim, Idris Ahmed, Usman Abubakar and Dahiru Adamu.
The FRSC warned that if residents continued to display posters on road signs, it could pose danger to road users.
The Afe Babalola University CBT Centre at Ado Ekiti would be used for the exercise’s second phase.
Segun Oni, an aspirant and former Governor of Ekiti State, applauded the smooth conduct of the accreditation and the entire process so far.
The soldier and two others had on March 10, 2016 robbed a filling station and stolen N1.2 million in cash.
