Wike orders Rivers LGA chairmen to destroy illegal refineries

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has ordered the 23 Local Government Area chairmen of the state to destroy every identified illegal crude oil bunkering and artisanal refinery site in Rivers State.

The governor has also tasked the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday to provide adequate security for the Local Government Area chairmen as they embark on the mass destruction of illegal sites across the 23 LGAs of the state.

It would be recalled that the Governor had on Friday, 14th January 2022 issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the 23 Local Government Area chairmen to provide him with a comprehensive list of all illegal refinery sites and their operators within their respective jurisdiction. The governor enjoined the Commissioner of Police to give the Local Government Area chairmen adequate security personnel to go for the destruction, adding that the government would not allow those engaged in illegitimate business to operate in Rivers.

 

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Mr Governor, River people are dying by-the-minute from hazardous sooth since 2016. Don't politicize this drive. Do it right for your people. right move

If it can solve d black shoot issue no problem. I pity pregnant women & children at ph.

Say it ain’t so ?

Why don’t he call on the Nigerian navy to assist. Local Government chairman nor go collect bribe?

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