In a bid to further enforce inter-state travel ban to check coronavirus spread, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has reportedly mounted a gate at the entrance of the state.
The barrier, made of iron bars and rail, is believed to have been installed at the boundary to Abia State.
Mr Wike’s unorthodox approach to lockdown enforcement has come to the fore since the lockdown across the country.
The governor has personally taken over command on the streets of Port Harcourt enforcing extreme lockdown and sending the defaulters to quarantine, seen as prison.
On Sunday, he begun the demolition of two hotels in the capital, Port Harcourt, for opening for business despite the lockdown.
While going round on inspection, over 200 defaulters, including a private guard and others were arrested and dragged to the state Isolation Centre, Elekahia.
Wike also arrested some very important persons (VIPs), who were not on essential duties yet moving around with their police escorts.
In one occasion, the governor berated Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Adamu Abubakar, accusing him of ‘sabotaging’ the lockdown imposed on Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpor local councils to check the spread of the novel coronavirus in Rivers State.
Rivers currently has 21 positive cases.
