Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has decried the influx of strangers into the state, as a result of sabotage.
Wike said “Our borders continue to experience serial acts of sabotage by security operatives, who allow, and in some cases, personally aid persons with risky COVID-19 status into the State”.
His words: 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.
” Indeed, the extent of sabotage was such that, even a Deputy Commissioner of Police unilaterally appropriated and exercised powers to illegally issue movement pass to individuals and companies indiscriminately in utter contempt and direct violation of the lockdown orders of the State Government.
” 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 the security agencies are rather amplifying the risk of a public health disaster in our State”.
You will recall that Governor Wike had yesterday, intercepted a lorry-load of livestock with 22 persons who bribed their ways into Rivers State from as far as Adamawa State.
