“We urge all residents to comply with the directives and protocols on the lockdown, social distancing to save our state from the COVID-19 scourge.”
In compliance with government’s directive, some almajiris were profiled among 150 persons to be returned to some states in the North, Niger Republic, as well as Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom states.
While driving through Rumuobiokani, Governor Wike arrested two women on leisure drive and handed them over to security personnel and also arrested a man on a motorcycle at Rumuomasi roundabout. Wike, however, admonished Rivers people to cooperate with the state government in ensuring that coronavirus was effectively contained, saying, “The stringent measures are for the good of the people.
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