The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says the ban on open grazing as agreed by the 17 Southern governors will be strictly implemented in the state.
Wike said this on Saturday at a grand reception held in his honour by Ogoni ethnic nationality in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of the state.
Also, the governor warned that any attempt to militarise elections would be rejected by the good people of the state.
“Nobody should play God. We will flog them again. Militarization of election will not work. Didn’t they bring Army before? Did it work? We will flog them again.
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“Nobody can cow me. The government cannot cow me. I will say my mind and I will do what is right for my people. Nobody can kill me before my time. I will die the day God wants me to die.
“Let me also tell those who are criticizing Southern Governors’ ban on open grazing, let me inform them that I have taken further steps to enforce what the southern governors resolved in Asaba.
“If anyone wants to die, let him go and die and hang himself on an electric pole. We (Southern Governors) have taken a decision and there is no going back. Enough is enough. We are not second-class citizens of this country. We also own this country and we must partake in what is happening in this country,” Wike said.
The Herald can report that Wike was conferred with a chieftaincy title by the Ogoni people led by the Chairman, Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers, HRM King Godwin Giniwa.