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The Federal Ministry of Aviation yesterday said, there is going to be a vigorous interface between the Federal Government and the Rivers State government over the closure of the operations of Caverton Helicopters and detention of its pilots.

Meanwhile, the management of Caverton Helicopters is yet to react to Governor Nyesom Wike, declaring the firm persona non grata and ordering that it can no longer operate in the state.

Speaking with Vanguard on what the Ministry of Aviation next move will be since Wike’s order, Director of Communication of Ministry of Aviation, Dr James Odaudu said for now, there will be an “interface” between the Federal and Rivers State governments.

According to Odaudu: “For now, the Federal Government will engage Rivers State on this Caverton Helicopters issue. There will be an interface between the federal and state governments.”

Meanwhile, Caverton Helicopters management was yet to issue an official reaction to the order by Wike, stopping the operations of the company in Rivers State.

Calls made to the Managing Director of Caverton, were not answered, neither were they returned.

However, a media consultant to Caverton Helicopters, who does want to be named because, according to him, he had not been officially briefed by Caverton, told Vanguard “The management may not make any further statement now after their initial statement where they appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on Wike to release their detained pilots.

“The company will definitely say something later, but I don’t know when,” he added.

Also, yesterday, the Rivers State Government said the two Caverton pilots arraigned before a Chief Magistrates Court for contravening the Executive Order signed by the Rivers State Governor to check the spread of coronavirus are being detained at a state government facility for the protection of inmates of Port Harcourt Prisons.

In a statement, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor said that the pilots were moved to the facility after he obtained a variation order from the Magistrate Court.

He said, “Whilst the Attorney-General of Rivers State would ordinarily not want to discuss any matter pending before a court of competent jurisdiction, it has become necessary to correct the misinformation being circulated by some radio commentators that the two Caverton Helicopters Pilots are being remanded at the Port Harcourt Prisons.

“The truth of the matter is that the Attorney-General of Rivers State applied for and obtained a variation order from the Chief Magistrate Court, changing the place of remand from the Port Harcourt Prisons to any Rivers State Government-owned facility or building, including Delta Hotels, GRA Port Harcourt.

“Based on that order of variation of the remand order, the two pilots are being remanded at Delta Hotels, Port Harcourt and are attended to regularly by medical personnel attached to the Rivers State COVID-19 medical team.”
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/caverton-therell-be-an-interface-between-fg-rivers-govt-aviation-ministry/

I hope this issue wouldn't be a tough one, tougher than normal.

This is a classical example of proxy war. Give Wike his own share of Covid funds.

Ordinary private company ...they better appeal to the Rivers state government...

Wike no dey joke








I still remain Ada ogwashi

Taich:
This is a classical example of proxy war. Give Wike his own share of Covid funds.

Carveton is owned by Mo-’s In-law, Mo-Abudu is an associate of Rotimi Amaechi. Hope you’re getting the logic. Other Companies running Helicopter business are still flying in and out of rivers state and the state government didn’t stop their operations.

Na wa o

Please let us know the name of the devil that remanded them in prison custody till May 19. That magistrate is a devil!

Wike thinks everything is gra gra.

Closing their offices within the state still make some sense but detaining their pilots is over sabi which to me is a local reasoning.

You don't want to drag with FG oo.. Wike should consider the Rivers State people before starting senseless war

seanfer:
Carveton is owned by Mo-’s In-law, Mo-Abudu is an associate of Rotimi Amaechi. Hope you’re getting the logic. Other Companies running Helicopter business are still flying in and out of rivers state and the state government didn’t stop their operations.

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I don't know about other Helicopters companies that are still running, but I know the state government have been granting waivers to certain companies but there are guidelines, I don't know if Caverton informed the state government about the flight. It doesn't make sense that the state boarders are closed and someone can come in unchecked through air.
The owner's of Caverton should do the needful, since there are closer to FG, give Rivers State its own share of the Covid fund, and also pay the poor citizens of rivers state the 20k as it is obtained in Kastina and Jigawa states.

seanfer:
Carveton is owned by Mo-’s In-law, Mo-Abudu is an associate of Rotimi Amaechi. Hope you’re getting the logic. Other Companies running Helicopter business are still flying in and out of rivers state and the state government didn’t stop their operations.

Fake news divulgist*/divulger*

If not for the high handedness of the Fg and its cohorts, why flight into a state in this time everybody is scared of covik 1- 9 without notifying the state Governor? More so, they couldnt provide the manifest and the passengers mixed with the people if the state. Worst still, Wike and them are not best of friends . Hypocrisy will not make people judge rightly.

helinues:
Wike thinks everything is gra gra.

Closing their offices within the state still make some sense but detaining their pilots is over sabi which to me is a local reasoning.

You don't want to drag with FG oo.. Wike should consider the Rivers State people before starting senseless war

Small pikin brain.

Is caverton a FG establishment?


Unity beggars.

seanfer:
Carveton is owned by Mo-’s In-law, Mo-Abudu is an associate of Rotimi Amaechi. Hope you’re getting the logic. Other Companies running Helicopter business are still flying in and out of rivers state and the state government didn’t stop their operations.

Stop talking rubbish, that has nothing to do with the issues at hand

Ikio