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.
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