Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has confirmed the Manager of demolished Prodest Hotel, Eleme, has tested positive to coronavirus.

According to the governor, the hotel manager is among the 27 cases recorded in the state. listed among the latest cases.

Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim disclosed this on Sunday evening.

According to him, this has validated the State Government’s proactive fight against COVID-19.

Nsirim recalled that “Protest Hotel was demolished two weeks ago because the owners violated Executive Order 7 which banned the operation of hotels.

“The COVID-19 Taskforce members from the Local Government who went to enforce the Executive Order were brutalized and dehumanised leading to the death of one of them,” he said.