BREAKING: After Much Pressure Wike Releases 22 Exxon Mobil Staff

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has ordered the release of the 22 Staff of Exxon Mobil arrested for violating the State Executive Order restricting movement in the state.

Their release was made known on Sunday morning by the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice of the State, Professor Zaccheus Adangor.

The Rivers State Justice Commissioner revealed that the Exxon staff were released without charges.

He said due to the interventions by well-meaning Nigerians the Rivers State Government will no longer press charges against them., following interventions by well-meaning Nigerians.

Professor Adangor revealed that he personally monitored the release of the 22 Exxon Mobil at the State Isolation Centre at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt.

Naija News recalls that the 22 staff were arrested for entering the state in violation of the border closure ordered by Governor Wike on Thursday, 16 April.

The Governor vowed that the 22 staff of the American oil firm would be prosecuted.

This online news platform recalled that security agencies arrested 22 staff of Exxon Mobil who entered the State from Akwa Ibom in violation of the State Executive Order.