A Civil Society Organisation known as the Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project, SERAP, has threathen that it will take legal action against Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for demolishing two hotels in the state.
It was reported that the governor supervised the demolition of two hotels for allegedly disobeying the state’s lockdown directives.
The Civil society organisation while reacting to the demolition on it’s twitter handle said:
“We condemn the reported demolition of Prodest Hotel by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, using COVID-19 to perpetrate human rights violations is executive rascality and Mr Wike must stop this now.
“We’re taking legal action to hold him and his government to account for the illegal actions.
“The demolition of Prodest Hotel is forced evictions and in violation of article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other human rights treaties to which Nigeria is a state party,”
