THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE IS VERY OUTSPOKEN- SAYS LAI MOHAMMED

The All Progressives Congress says the recent call by the President’s wife, Patience Jonathan, that Nigerians should stone those calling for change 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 our correspondent on Thursday.

Patience had also described the Presidential candidate of the APC, Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) as “brain dead.”

However, Mohammed said the call to violence by the President’s wife had given credence to allegations by the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that Patience was responsible for the violence at the APC rally in Okrika Local Government last month which left a policeman dead.

The APC spokesperson said the utterance of the President’s wife was evidence that the Peoples Democratic Party and the President were not ready for violence-free polls.

He said, “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.”

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