The Rivers State Government has released 22 Staff of Exxon Mobil who were arrested for violating the State Executive Order on Sunday.
They were freed without charge, Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Rivers State, Professor Zaccheus Adangor, said.
It would be recalled that the 22 staff were arrested in violation of border closure ordered by the state Governor Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, 16 April.
The Governor, in the next day, (Friday), in a statement vowed that the 22 staff of the American oil firm would be prosecuted as was down to two pilots and 10 passengers flown into the state by Caverton Helicopters.
However, the Attorney-General said the State Government will no longer press charges against them.
He noted that he monitored the release of the 22 Exxon Mobil at the State Isolation Centre at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt.
He also said, the Rivers State Government remains committed to implementing the Executive Order issued to check the spread of coronavirus.
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