Wike threatens to lock down Bonny as Rivers records 103 cases
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike may lock down the oil and gas-rich Bonny Island following the increasing number of Coronavirus cases, especially on the Island.
Wike gave the hint yesterday, when he met with the kings and traditional rulers of Bonny in Government House, Port Harcourt.
Rivers took the second position yesterday in the national chart published by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), recording 103 cases after Lagos, which had 216.
The statistics also indicated that Rivers had so far recorded 592 cases with 347 active cases and 23 deaths.
Wike urged the monarch to ensure their people understood the reality of COVID-19.
He said there was an urgent need for residents of the island to cooperate with the state government to ensure that all COVID-19 protocols were obeyed to contain the spread of the pandemic in the area.
Wike said the State Security Council would meet on June 17, to review the situation in Bonny and consider a possible lockdown.
He said the rising cases of the pandemic in the state should give every right thinking person serious concern.
