The wife of President Goodluck Jonathan,
Patience, who is believed to be having a running battle with the
governor of her husband’s home state, Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday said
that there was no truth in the stories about a fight between the both of
them.
She denied reports that she had been
working against the Dickson’s re-election. Bayelsa state will not be
going to the polls to elect a new governor until 2016 but it is believed
that the wife of the president already has a favoured candidate.
Speaking through her media aide, Mr. Ayo Adewuyi, she denied witch-hunting the governor.
The denial by Patience Jonathan comes
few days after a former minister of petroleum, Dan Etete, warned her
against distracting and witch-hunting the governor at an event to mark
his 70th birthday anniversary, which had the governor in attendance. He
accused her of being jealous of the governor and wondered who made her
“lord” over Bayelsans.
But Adewuyi said Etete should be aware
of the fact that Mrs. Jonathan was not a party official and hence had no
role to play in endorsing public officials.
He said, “People are just heating up the
polity unnecessarily because Dickson is not even contesting this year.
So, where is the anxiety of alleged plan of removal coming from? The
First Lady is not witch-hunting anybody. We have said it many times that
she is not a party official that endorses candidates for
elections. They must be afraid unnecessarily because they are aware of
her mobilisation strength. It is unfortunate that an elder statesman can
be making claims without proper investigation. He must be trying hard
to curry favour from some quarters.”
Patience Jonathan blasts Dan Etete; says she is not fighting with Gov. Dickson
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