On Sunday, May 10, 2020, Rivers State Government announced its decision to demolish Edemete Hotel and Prudent Hotel for flouting lockdown order in the state.
This was announced in a statement by Paulinus Nsirim, the state Commissioner for information and communications.
But what many people thought was a just threat to enforce compliance turned out to become a very controversial decision by the governor, as Wike and other officials of the Rivers State task force went ahead to demolish the hotels.
The hotels were demolished barely six hours after the state government announced its decision to demolish the facilities.
Nigerians how had earlier praised the governor over his action in curtailing the spread of the disease in his state, took to social media to berate him over the demolition
Below are some Twitter reactions to the demolition of the hotels:
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