The state’s legal
team said the act of the two pilots was capable of putting the entire city in
danger of contracting Coronavirus.
Samuel Ugorji and
Samuel Buhari, pilots working with Carveton Helicopters, were on Tuesday
remanded in prison custody for violating a movement restriction put in place by
the Rivers State Government to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the state.
A magistrate court
sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, handed down the ruling.
Presiding Chief
Magistrate, D.D Ihua-Maduenyi, remanded the two pilots at the Port Harcourt
Correctional Centre until May 19, 2020 when their trial will commence.
The magistrate ruled
that COVID-19 tests should be carried out on the two pilots to ascertain their
status.
The state’s legal
team said the act of the two pilots was capable of putting the entire city in
danger of contracting Coronavirus.
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