“Come and release the people in our custody that violated the law” Wike dares fed govt

&NewLine;<p><strong> Ezenwo Nyesom Wike&comma; the executive governor of Rivers State&comma; today&comma;<em> <&sol;em>during his covid-19 press briefing&comma; dared the feral government to challenge his actions against the arrested pilots in court saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You don&&num;8217&semi;t talk law on pages of newspaper&comma; you talk law in the court and we are prepared”<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have come and will go one day but while I remain&comma; I will ensure the lives of the People of Rivers State are protected&period; I am a &&num;8220&semi;Boy&&num;8221&semi; to the people of Rivers State and not to anyone outside the State&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>&nbsp&semi;You can fly&period;&nbsp&semi; I cannot stop you from doing so but when you land&comma; do not enter my territory&period; The roads were constructed by Rivers State Government&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>You don&&num;8217&semi;t talk law on pages of newspaper&comma; you talk law in the court and we are prepared&period; A certain minister sat somewhere issuing order to me&period; Let him come and release the people in our custody that violated the law&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>&nbsp&semi;I am not one of those governors who fly to Abuja every now and then to look for favours&period; COVID-19 has come&comma; let everyone stay in his state and spend money&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>&nbsp&semi;Any company operating in Rivers State that does not assist the State in the fight against COVID-19 will hear from Rivers State&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t go to them to beg for anything&comma; I have not collected anything from them and so&comma; I can stand firm and make a decision&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>We are not those State where a governor receives N28 million and snap pictures with it&period; In Rivers State&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t collect widow&&num;8217&semi;s mite&period; You make money here&comma; it is our entitlement&period; Look for the COVID-19 task force account and make your donations there&period; There are poor people who still have pride and integrity&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>&nbsp&semi;I won you in 2015&period; I won in 2019&period; How many times do you want me to win you&quest;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>The only opposition party in Rivers State is SDP that &nbsp&semi;won a seat in the House of Assembly&period; How can someone from a party who cannot produce a single candidate just within the party to stand for an election come out to talk about how to run a State&quest; Go and put your house in order&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>&nbsp&semi;All those politicians politicising Covid-19 saying that they were tested positive and now negative&comma; they should also make public their HIV status&period; Stalls have been converted to markets&semi; we would go after them&period; For the markets defying us&comma; we would close down the market forever&period; If you don&&num;8217&semi;t like me&comma; should I kill myself&quest;<br>That will even make me to like myself the more&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>To press men&comma; most of you don&&num;8217&semi;t like us&comma; you eat our food but we know the interest you represent&period; Write your reports well&comma; if you don&&num;8217&semi;t write well&comma; Corona Virus will catch you&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>These excerpts were compiled by Modlin Odu and obtained from Rita Ebiuwa Facebook wall<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;