Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, reenacted his attacks on the Federal Government on Friday, accusing it of hypocrisy and willful sabotage of the state by its security agencies.
•Governor intercepts 200 persons hidden in trucks of grains
“Nevertheless, our resolve and commitment remain strong and total. And as we continue to urge every one of us to treat this as a matter of life and death, our message to you remains constant: obey our directives to stay at home and protect yourself, your family and our state from the spread of COVID-19.
“Even today, we intercepted, yet, another 8 trucks with 200 persons hidden in loads of grains and being smuggled into the state from the northern parts of the country. “In particular, I wish to commend the Rumuigbo community vigilante for rising to the challenge, as any responsible community should do, by intercepting a lorry-load of livestock with 50 persons who illegally entered the state in violation of the lockdown orders.
“And so, as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to graduate and make its way through the state, these actions, inactions and counter-actions from the security agencies are rather amplifying the risk of a public health disaster in our state. “What we can assure everyone is that all those arrested for violating the relevant Executive Orders would certainly have their day in court and due process would be the hallmark of any punishment that they may suffer if duly convicted as prescribed by our ordinary laws.”DAF Truck with Reg. No. Adanawa MUB 20 YH; HOWO Truck with Reg. No. Adamawa HNG 608 XA and DAF Truck with Reg. No. PKM 48594 XA.
“While two of the new cases were contacts of an existing case, the third case is from the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, who has no travel history or conceivable contact with any other contaminated person.
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