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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