Rivers bans Andoni fishing festival for security reasons

Rivers State Government on Friday banned the proposed fishing festival scheduled to hold at Onyeada in Andoni Local Government Area on July 5, 2020, for security reasons.

Paulinus Nsirim, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications in a statement said security agencies have been directed to ensure that the festival does not hold.

He further said members of the public are hereby warned not to go to Onyeada for the purpose of any festival as anyone that violates the directive will face the full wrath of the law.