Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Friday attacked the state's branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), calling the association "the enemy of our people".

Mr Wike said he was irked by the NBA's ultimatums and threats to boycott courts in the state "because of one of their members who is being held by kidnappers in the state."

"We wish to warn that by descending into the arena of politics with irresponsible ultimatums, threats and utterances, the NBA in Rivers State has crossed the redline and become part of the enemy of our people," a statement from Government House, Port Harcourt, quoted Mr Wike to have said in Port Harcourt during the opening of the 2019/2020 legal year in the state.

The statement ...