If there is anything that is as common in Nigeria as corruption, and if not more, it is lawlessness. People break the law they never have any regards for, with the least compunction. If you are a Nigerian and you believe in playing by the rules, you will die a premature death in frustration. Worse still, people do these without thinking there should be repercussions and that whatever these are should be meant for some other fellas.

To start with, we are irresponsible in the sense that we never want to accept the consequences of our actions. When we are caught, we either lie, whip up sentiments or shift blames. If we dont see who to blame, we heap it at the doorstep of the devil. No society develops like that. Law and order are the bedrock of civilisation. They are the foundation of growth and development of every society. Remove it and you descend to the Hobbesian state, where "there were no government, no civilization, no laws, and no common power to restrain human nature."

Some Nigerians have been condemning Wike's actions, for being high handed. Some were saying he destroyed someone's means of livelihood. Others were of the view he would have sealed the place or used it as quarantine centre. These are all sentiments. They all beg the question, which is, was there an executive order well announced with what constituted their infractions and penalties well publicised? Governor Wike made it clear from day one he would quarantine those caught breaching the stay at home order. He also said vehicles would be impounded and auctioned. He warned landlords that anyone whose premises were used for business would have himself to blame as such would be demolished. Those who were wise heeded .

Governor Wike was always on live broadcast communicating with Rivers people, reviewing strategies and rolling out new measures. He was very empathetic about his desire to protect the lives of his people and would take extreme measures to achieve this including coming out hard against sabotage. He suspended his own counsil area Chairman of Obio-Akpor, for not doing enough to stop markets in the area from holding. He arrested Caverton Helicopters pilots for flying in people after they failed to heed his repeated warnings. One of the cases would be one of the oil workers flown in. And he closed hotels to stop people sneaking into the state from staying and distributing it from there.

Was it not therefore stupid to open your hotel in the midst of all these clear warnings and actions against their breach? What more did they need to know Wike was dead serious? Why are Nigerians like this? We excoriate those doing the right while coming to the defence of the transgressors. Any wonder evil and mediocrity thrive here more than good and excellence? The victims were just typical Nigerians, the type I see here in Enugu leaving my neighbours flats they had visited after eight o'clock when the curfew had already started. They believed nobody would see them, or if they were seen they could bribe or bluff their ways out hence they beat up and injured Wike's officials that went to shut them down.

Wike merely responded with the action he had promised law breakers. He didn't have issues with them. One was even a PDP stalwart who in the Nigerian fashion could have believed they were in charge. And, they were not the only hotels in Rivers State. Besides, if you know how many others that obeyed the law and closed he had to pass to get to Eleme and Onne, you would understand that these people simply elected to be scapegoats. So, if there is law, obey it. We are where we are today because we dont play by the rules. Not even jungle rules apply here. How can we develop like this?

Link: https://ikengachronicles.com/governor-wike-and-lawlessness-of-nigerians/

Just think of it if we have a president that is acting this way at this time, I m sure Covid-19 would have found it more difficult to enter Nigeria in the first instance. I m fully in support of Wike, we Nigerians knows ourselves

The time he dressed a goat like a Northerner...Chigozies you hailed him.

He insulted APC and Buhari, Shoekudi you praised him.

Now don't condemned him for blocking PH and Abia. To prevent crimes

Don't hate him for demolishing Igbo man's hotel for not abiding by safety precautions

He will regret his actions forgetting election is at the corner

Odogwu999:
He will regret his actions forgetting election is at the corner

Which actions? If the big hotels in pH shut down so why exactly can't he do the same? Everyone was warned, wike just used him as scapegoat... Nigerians we need to learn to follow simple instructions, its hard but its for our own good.

BaddieKay:



Which actions? If the big hotels in pH shut down so why exactly can't he do the same? Everyone was warned, wike just used him as scapegoat... Nigerians we need to learn to follow simple instructions, its hard but its for our own good.

Man must survive. SMH...!

I stand with wike, most Nigerians have animal mentality.
The warning and the penalty was clear enough

funmijoyb:
The time he dressed a goat like a Northerner...Chigozies you hailed him.

He insulted APC and Buhari, Shoekudi you praised him.

Now don't condemned him for blocking PH and Abia. To prevent crimes

Don't hate him for demolishing Igbo man's hotel for not abiding by safety precautions

What would it have taken you to read the post before commenting?

How do you develop yourself if you don't read?

So head beheading is the solution to an headache?

Draconian and painful methods can only set this country right, wike is on the right track.