‘Patience Jonathan Is OUR Best Compaigner’ – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has
condemned the recent call by the president’s
wife, Patience Jonathan, that Nigerians should
stone those calling for change.
According to the APC, the First Lady’s statement
is a reflection of the mind of her husband,
Goodluck Jonathan.
The national publicity secretary of the party, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, said this during an interview with
The Punch on March 5, 2015.
Mohammed noted in his statement that the call
for violence by the president’s wife had given
credence to allegations by the Rivers state
governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that the First Lady was
responsible for the violence at the APC rally in the
Okrika local government area last month.
The APC spokesperson even claimed that the
remark by Mrs Jonathan was evidence that the
Peoples Democratic Party and the president were
not ready for violence-free polls.
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Dame Patience Jonathan
“Governor Amaechi has been justified by the Mrs.
Jonathan’s call to violence. She had been making
threats that the APC would not hold a rally in
Okrika, where she comes from. And you saw the
violence that erupted at the rally.
“Unknown to her, she is our best campaigner
because she continues to prove us right that this
government is not ready for peaceful elections.
The PDP and the Presidency are clever in hiding
their intentions but the President’s wife is very
outspoken.”
Patience has also described the APC presidential
candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, as “brain dead” ,
adding that he is unfit and too old to be the
Nigeria’s president.
In the short period since the general elections
were postponed, Mrs Jonathan has made several
statements that have been termed seriously
controversial.