The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has announced that the Rivers State Government would establish a task force to man her borders to ensure that Rivers people were protected from the dreaded Coronavirus.
Signing the Executive Order RVSG-02 No. 3 -2020 at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Monday, Wike said the task force will be inaugurated because there are indications of sabotage from federal security agencies.
The governor said: “This is the third Executive Order that I will be signing since the Coronavirus pandemic started. This third Executive Order is very important.
“We suspect there will be sabotage on the part of the security agencies. That is why we are appointing a task force to man our borders. We owe our people a duty to protect them. There is likely to be sabotage. Our task force will be at the borders to protect our people”.
Noting that contrary to the falsehood being peddled on the release of ExxonMobil staff, the state government took the action, strictly on the intervention of respected Nigerians and not due to the threat to embark on strike.
“No federal agency spoke to us. But there were respected Nigerians who intervened and they were released by 8am on Sunday.
“ExxonMobil signed and agreed that they will take back their staff to Eket. That was the condition we gave for their release”, he said.
