Politics they say is an intriguing game, The people’s Democratic
Party and the presidency has been put into a state of quagmire, This is
coming as the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan against all odds have
pitched tent with the main opposition party the All Progressive
Congress(APC).
FNN state house correspondent reports that this surprising twist in
the electoral calculations in the country could be as a result of the
unfolding plot of President Jonathan to declare the office of the first
lady vacant.
As it appears, mama P cannot work with the PDP to ensure the success
of her husband in the forthcoming elections and not be the first lady,
hence she was reported saying “First family is not by force, let us all
go to Otuoke and live together happily.”
Further investigations revealed that the First Lady has loads of
supporters across the Nation, especially women groups because she has
been able to use her office to influence the government into
implementation of about 30% women in governance, even though it is
widely considered that this support, especially amongst the masses is as
a result of the bags of rice, salt, garri, oil etc that mama P has
tirelessly distributed to women nationwide.
Some of the women supporting the recent actions of the first lady
stated that “mama P is tired of hearing rumours about her husband, the
other day it was Alison Madueke, tomorrow it is Lott J, now we are
hearing he wants to marry a second wife from the North, As if that’s not
bad enough, he now wants to sack her from first lady. All this didn’t
happen when they were in Otuoke, so let them quietly return there, if
Aso Rock is the problem.” a woman leader of the PDP stated.
Even as most people are concerned about the politicking involved in
this, some are viewing this development from a different angle; that
Patience Jonathan is giving all glory to the Lord for safely sustaining
herself and her husband to almost the end of their first tenor in
office, especially with the Boko Haram menance and do not want to extend
it any further, in order not to give room for any evil thing to happen
to herself or her husband. Probably thinking about some of the previous
First Families in recent times.
Meanwhile the APC national leadership as iterated that the party is
open to all Nigerians, especially those that has seen the ills of PDP
and resigned from a PDP led government, probably referring to the recent
resignation of Mrs Patience Jonathan from her position as Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Education, Bayelsa state.
As at the time of this report, it hasn’t been confirmed if Patience
Jonathan has been able to make peace with the leader of the APC in her
home state, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, but since Nigerian politics is of
individual interest rather than public service, we won’t be surprised to
see Amaechi and Patience Jonathan reconcile, especially as they both
want the same thing now, which is for President Jonathan and PDP to lose
the presidential elections come 2015.