Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan,
on Friday said there were no truth in the
allegation that she was pressuring the
Independent National Electoral Commission and
security agencies to rig the governorship election
in Rivers State in favour of the Peoples
Democratic Party.
The state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, had
during a stakeholders meeting on Thursday
alleged that Mrs. Jonathan was in her hometown,
Okrika, to supervise electoral malpractices
during the elections.
But the President’s wife, in a statement by the
Director of Information in her office, Ihuoma
Priscilla, said as an apostle of peace, she could
not be involved in act that would hinder peaceful
conduct of elections in any part of the country.
The statement read, “The First Lady, Dame
Patience Jonathan has dismissed the allegation
that she was pressurising the Independent
National Electoral Commission (and the Security
Agencies to rig tomorrow’s (April 11, 2015)
elections in Rivers State.
“As an apostle of peace and non-violent elections,
the First Lady distances herself from any alleged
actions that could hinder successful elections in
Nigeria, especially in her home state, Rivers
State.
“She countered the insinuations that she was in
her home town, Okrika for the purpose of the
governorship election, pointing out that she
registered in her husband, President Jonathan’s
village, Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area
of Bayelsa State.
“The First Lady, a highly respected indigene of
Okrika in Rivers State visited her home town on
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 to a tumultuous
welcome by her kinsmen and women who
thronged the streets to welcome and appreciate
her wonderful support to her husband, the
President and for bringing development to
Okrikaland.”
Amaechi had claimed that Mrs. Jonathan was
working hard to impose a governor on the state
and ensure that the people’s votes do not count.
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