skedman:

It is wike that is wrong they have followed protocol
Took permission from the federal government before embarking on the trip
Airport belongs to the federal government likewise it's activities .The people they carried are important people.

Kai..

BarryBoy:
Covid-19 Violation: Obio Akpor Local Government Council seals the premises of Caverton Helicopters.

splashbaby:
I tell you...This is beyond breaking law....abi na Ameachi get the company?

don't forget caverton flew the vice president during the elections. seems they close to apc

fergie001:

Thank you, My bro....

The FG should have informed the State Govt especially because of prevailing circumstances.

Is the FG saying that they can ferry a million Covid-19 patients into Rivers State and nothing will happen because airports are in the exclusive list?

Will same people live inside the airport?

Wike might be anything but he is 100% right on this. Sirika is even making matters worse in this instead of using back-channels to reason with the Gov; he wants to prove he is Minister.

Sirika should go and open the Company nah, worse still it is in Wike's LGA...ngwanu

No be everything be power & might....sometimes diplomacy is bae.

wike is 150% wrong. It's glaring that the 10billion is his pain.How can he say he his acting on intelligent report that they are bringing positive people.Nowbhe didn't ask that the pilots and passangers should be Quarantined rather he took them to prison.So if they are truely infected which he can't verify seems he didn't do any test on them ,what is the fate of inmates and prison warden.Wicked Wike has rathered Expose thousands in the prison to the virus.
until we act like humans and not like animals with this our praise singing we would forever be considered MONKEYS by civilized humans.

As a Rivers man myself, I have never been a fan of Wike. But this decision is the perfect one.

You can't flout a lockdown by the government.

Tetrahedron:
;DWhat you people dont know is that Wike have just sealed off NNPC/Shell and some operators from going to work

That’s what Nigerians or ph people don’t understand or will never understand.... There is job loss by all those rivers state citizen that works for the helicopter company and their families will be 100% hit by this... offshore oil workers have no means of transportation to off shore rigs etc.

The funny and sad part is at the end of month Wike go call Abuja for monthly oil allocation... mad people everywhere.

Black people with black ideas... all he had to do was legislate a law first (an announcement on tv, radio or newspaper is not law) and state the consequences of breaking the law and then take things from there... Worst case from breaking law is a monetary fine and not arrest... Now by arresting these pilots with his over 100 people entourage and taking these pilots to jail has exponentially increased the spread of covid19 in rivers state... dumb motherf__kers.

Wike despite his good intention has poured kerosine on fire and that’s disaster.

skedman:

It is wike that is wrong they have followed protocol
Took permission from the federal government before embarking on the trip
Airport belongs to the federal government likewise it's activities .The people they carried are important people.

Common bro are you reading what you wrote?

Based on your analysis,the airport belongs to the federal government, hence,their authority stops at the airport!

Now moving the passengers out of the airport would imply that the company or better still the federal government informs the one in charge of that state for permission to enter!
Its that simple!

These companies knew they were supposed to call the state government or even request that the federal government informs the state government of the arrival of passengers to the state!
This is what is obtainable in other developed or developing countries in the world but these companies just misbehave when they come to Nigeria because they know that they can get away with anything here!

It has to be politicised

You cannot sit in Abuja and say oil must flow at any cost disregarding the health and welfare of Rivers people and ignoring their governor and announce some selfish exemptions. Are Rivers people not human
I support Wike 100%.
I would advise Makanjuola ,the owner, to go and work things out with Wike and comply with the rules

This is not a military government.

Why are they landing at an Airforce base? Who authorised that ?.
Those soldiers at the base have families and interact with Rivers people.
This disease is not a joke

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wait who is now more powerful in Nigeria, State government or federal government

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oga wike, No vex free those men for peace.
federal Government and State Government are never the same and cannot be the same o.

Let's watch maybe Edo airlines will be carrying oil workers to offshore back and forth.

gibzzhd:


wike is 150% wrong. It's glaring that the 10billion is his pain.How can he say he his acting on intelligent report that they are bringing positive people.Nowbhe didn't ask that the pilots and passangers should be Quarantined rather he took them to prison.So if they are truely infected which he can't verify seems he didn't do any test on them ,what is the fate of inmates and prison warden.Wicked Wike has rathered Expose thousands in the prison to the virus.
until we act like humans and not like animals with this our praise singing we would forever be considered MONKEYS by civilized humans.

Nobody is praise-singing...
I am not in Wike's mind to know whether his decision is influenced by Lagos' 10bn naira loan.

You want Wike to ask them if they quarantined themselves, the Chinese doctors that came in yesterday are been quarantined and will remain there for 2 weeks.
The task force has been announcing this for weeks, even televised their arrival.
The Americans & Europeans leaving this country is been announced severally by agencies of the FG.

Now you don't tell the CSO of the State, what's going on...and you expect him to be asking you at every arrival?

First, if Wike was an APC Gov, he will obviously have overlooked it. He isn't, and he is within his rights to do that.

The Minister after finding out should know he is in the wrong and speak to the Gov, instead of releasing press statements.

Now, it has been locked, Sirika should go and open it.
Does it make the whole thing right?

For the records, Wike didn't take them to prison, he took them to Court.

skedman:

It is wike that is wrong they have followed protocol
Took permission from the federal government before embarking on the trip
Airport belongs to the federal government likewise it's activities .The people they carried are important people.

Are you stupid or what?

Did they inform the state of their arrival or will those important people remain inside the airport?

Is their lives worth more than those of millions of people living in rivers?
Who will be blamed if the virus enters the state the way it's in Lagos or who will be the one running around?

Is the airport sited in the air?

Will they work or live in the airport after their arrival?

Are you not aware of those Chinese that came in yesterday? Didn't you see how their issue was handled and they are currently in isolation.

People like you are the cause of Nigeria's present condition.

openmine:

Common bro are you reading what you wrote?

Based on your analysis,the airport belongs to the federal government, hence,their authority stops at the airport!

Now moving the passengers out of the airport would imply that the company or better still the federal government informs the one in charge of that state for permission to enter!
Its that simple!

These companies knew they were supposed to call the state government or even request that the federal government informs the state government of the arrival of passengers to the state!
This is what is obtainable in other developed or developing countries in the world but these companies just misbehave when they come to Nigeria because they know that they can get away with anything here!

You people type too much while you stick your head in sand.

A lockdown is not a zombie apocalypse... So farmer should not produce garri or tomatoes because of lockdown?... Mechanic that fixes ambulances and machines at hospital should stay home? Companies that make medical face mask or medical equipments and parts should stay home? Idiots.

Now show me the whole written legislation or law that was enacted by Rivers state government on covid19?

Honestly there is none apart from press release or tv or radio announcement.

Una no get sense

skedman:

It is wike that is wrong they have followed protocol
Took permission from the federal government before embarking on the trip
Airport belongs to the federal government likewise it's activities .The people they carried are important people.

You seem to forget that the state is on lockdown.

If Caverton had also taken permission from the State Government, none of the issue would have been happening.

splashbaby:
I tell you...This is beyond breaking law....abi na Ameachi get the company?

Exactly

By the time FG go withdraw all his police and dss him eye go clear. That way they can restrict his movement to his govt house. Busy body.

The next step is to revoke the company's land allocation and let me see if sakira, no, sirika will tell wike that Rivers state has no right over such too. Useless FG trying to suffocate us.

friday2011:


Ohhh, so all NNPC staffs in rivers and other states go to work with a chopper? In other words, they are not allowed to go to work by road because of covid19?

Guy, pls you must be joking.

NNPC officially applied for a waiver from the state government. Even some multinationals did so. Its left for the governor to grant them the waiver or not. The people they flew in will they live inside caverton office at the base?

I repeat NNPC that's FG owned followed due process, why not caverton?

If you dont know NNPC, DPR etc staff fly as well to offshore locations.

ignis:
Wike is just over reacting and showing himself

who are you pls?

edlion57:
Active man,this how a leader suspose to act not one vegetable general in aso rock

......your level of ignorance has no bounds.... civil aviation is under the exclusive list so is only the FG that can regulate it and FG did not stop the oil and gas sector from operating because if they do na colobia hungry go finish you not even corona virus so your wike is just flexing useless muscle besides of that company should relocate to another state do you know how many River's people that will suffer for it because yeye politics of Wike.

Throwback:
Hasn't the aviation minister representing the Federal Government state clearly that Caverton got clearance to operate the flight?

Or was Wike expecting that he should be the one to grant such clearance?

I hope Wike remembers his time as a Federal Minister and how the Federal Government can frustrate a state government like he did to Rotimi Amaechi.

Time for neighboring states to benefit from Caverton's relocation from Rivers.

Which "neighbouring states"? How many of such "states" have big multinational companies in them as Rivers that can afford flying workers up and down in choppers?

We mustn't politicize everything.

Local man no wan any stories for him state..ooo make e remain for lagos

Trueigbo:
Wike remains the chief security officer of rivers state

But when he is unable to protect the lives of people in the state, you would turn around to claim that it is the FG that controls the security architecture in the state.

Throwback:
Hasn't the aviation minister representing the Federal Government state clearly that Caverton got clearance to operate the flight?

Or was Wike expecting that he should be the one to grant such clearance?

I hope Wike remembers his time as a Federal Minister and how the Federal Government can frustrate a state government like he did to Rotimi Amaechi.

Time for neighboring states to benefit from Caverton's relocation from Rivers.

If you understand how the sector functions, neighbouring states can barely benefit. Come to think of it, of what benefit has the company been to Rivers state?

We never felt their impact. Most of us never knew they were in Rivers state self.

toxtimmy:


You people type too much while you stick your head in sand.

A lockdown is not a zombie apocalypse... So farmer should not produce garri or tomatoes because of lockdown?... Mechanic that fixes ambulances and machines at hospital should stay home? Companies that make medical face mask or medical equipments and parts should stay home? Idiots.

Now show me the whole written legislation or law that was enacted by Rivers state government on covid19?

Honestly there is none apart from press release or tv or radio announcement.

Una no get sense

Someone is trying to correct you but you're busy insulting him or her, mu..mu like you.

While are some businesses running in different states, it is simply because those government announced it that certain good and services providers are free to run as a form of palliative measures to ease the pressure/hunger etc on the masses.

I don't have to waste on people like you, swerve!

fykes:
Finally finally... Na to go meet Celestine omehia, ateke Tom and Oteru lose guard some millions... Caverton and wike go still siddon talk the matter.
Even wike go give them government contract.

That's how this fg workers will be feeling like gods and causing problems for others

Wike, The Executive Governor himself benefitted from "Federal Might" when he was a Minister before he resigned to seek Office. And then the FG. Was at logger heads with the Governor of the state.

Now that he is at the receiving end of this drama called politics he is now a Victim ?

Hahahahaha! These guys are artistes.

By the way I support/Voted none of these feuding parties. But he definitely is not a victim of "federal might".

forayfleo:
who are you pls?

I am ignis

Iyiataata92:
I'm not much of a fan of Wike but truth be told, this company stepped on the wrong toe and they will pay dearly for that.
Having a few phone numbers in Abuja doesn't place you above the law of any state.
This one will hit them hard

Wike is not in charge of Airports in Rivers.
The company had informed the appropriate authority and approval was given.
It's not the company' S fault if the airport didn't follow the state's protocol.
Wike should take it up with FG and leave the innocent company alone

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