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Nigeria hotels demolished for allegedly flouting lockdown rules

Authorities in Nigeria’s southern Rivers state have demolished two hotels for allegedly flouting lockdown rules introduced to avert the possible spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

The two hotels; Prodest Home and Etemeteh were demolished Sunday morning.

Both hotel managers have been arrested but the brother of Prodest Home Manager has maintained that the hotel was adhering to the lockdown directive.

According to media reports, Governor Nyesom Wike looked on as the two hotels were being demolished.

Despite backlash on social media, Governor Wike defended the action, adding that they had found positive cases in most hotels across the state.

“Look at the rate of infections, most of these people are found in hotels. Look at the man that died, he was at Mingi Hotel in Rumumasi. Due to that contact, we have had other seven cases,” he said.

He argued that the state government had already warned that any hotel that flouts the lockdown directive be pulled down.

It is, however, not clear if the two demolished hotels were housing people with infected cases of COVID-19.

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 21 cases and two deaths in Rivers state.

Nigeria has so far recorded 4,399 cases of COVID-19 with 143 people reported dead.

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Some residents of the state criticised the action, describing it as a sad development. They believe the owners of the hotels should have been given a fair hearing before the demolition exercise.

Below are some tweets condemning the action

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