ON Sunday, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike demolished two hotels in Port Harcourt for allegedly flouting his executive order on lockdown.
The state like many others is on a lockdown to contain the virulent Coronavirus. Of course, every rational person will support the states for the measures they have taken to protect lives in the wake of the virus.
As the governor of his state, Wike has powers to take steps to protect the lives of the people; it is a constitutional responsibility for which he will be held accountable after his tenure.
But he has to discharge this responsibility with a cool temperament. A governor is the father of his state; so he should act fatherly always even in the face of anger.
Demolishing an hotel at a time like this when businesses have been crippled by Coronavirus does not portray the governor as a father indeed.
A true father will not kill his son for disobeying him, which is akin to what Wike has done by demolishing an hotel which flouted just an “executive order”.
The hotelier broke no law, he merely disobeyed the governor’s order and his excellency, a lawyer for that matter, reacted disorderly. May God save us from these emperor governors. The day they get state police, we are all done for.
•Written By Lawal Ogienagbon
