Governor Nyeson Wike has distanced Rivers State from the Indigenous People of Biafra and its activities.
He said Rivers State was Niger Delta while IPOB was for South-East.
He made the comment in the context of the sit-at-home order that IPOB gave in the Igbo states, which was generically obeyed on Monday.
In an interview on Channels Television, Wike said:
“With all due respect, I have said it before and I will continue to say it: IPOB cannot make an order to say sit at home in Rivers State because it (IPOB) does not exist in Rivers State. Rivers State is South-South; we are in (the) Niger Delta.
“I am not saying whether the people of the South-East should obey IPOB or not but they cannot give order to Rivers people to sit at home. It is not possible.
“I am not against IPOB’s activities in the South-East; they have a right to whatever they are doing with their people but as far as Rivers State is concerned, you cannot give an order when we are not part of what you are doing. It does not work.”
