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 tow
