SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, (THEWILL) – The Rivers State Government has released the 22 Staff of Exxon Mobil arrested for violating the State Executive Order restricting movement in the state due to the coronavirus.
Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Rivers State, Professor Zaccheus Adangor, who disclosed this said they were released on Sunday morning without charges.
THEWILL recalls that the 22 staff were arrested for entering the state in violation of the border closure ordered by Governor Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, 16 April.
The Governor, in a statement, on Friday vowed that the 22 staff of the American oil firm would be prosecuted as was the two pilots and 10 passengers flown into the state by Caverton Helicopters.
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However, the Attorney-General said the State Government will no longer press charges against them, following interventions by well-meaning Nigerians.
The Attorney-General of Rivers State noted that he monitored the release of the 22 Exxon Mobil at the State Isolation Centre at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt.
He noted the Rivers State Government remains committed to implementing the Executive Order issued to check the spread of coronavirus.
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