On Lockdown Order: Wike Announces Arrest, Quarantine of 22 Exxon Mobil Workers

Rivers State  governor, Nyesom Wike while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday announced that security agents have arrested 22 workers of Exxon Mobil.

He said: “Security agencies arrested 22 staff of Exxon Mobil who came into the state from neighbouring Akwa Ibom State in violation of the extant Executive Order restricting movement into the state. We do not know the coronavirus status of these individuals. “Even though security agencies advised that they be allowed to go back to Akwa Ibom State, I insisted that the law must take its course. This is because nobody is above the law. “As a responsive government, we have quarantined them in line with the relevant health protocols and they will be charged to court.”
The Rivers State Governor regretted that Federal Authorities are working dangerously to compromise the health protection system of Rivers State and thereby make vulnerable to coronavirus. 
He said: “Some people want the escalation of the virus in Rivers State.  People were paid to canvass a negative narrative on Carveton Pilots.
“We are doing what we can within available resources to fight coronavirus.  You can fly , but as you fly and land, don’t enter our territory. “
 “We will fight this matter legally.  Exxon Mobil does not operate in Rivers State . That they have a point at the Onne seaport does not mean that they operate in Rivers State.”People in Abuja are not happy.  They want Rivers State to be infected. They want to kill Rivers people and I will not  allow it. I was elected to protect Rivers people.  Rivers State is not a pariah State.