The visit of the wife of President Goodluck
Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, to Edo State,
was on Saturday disrupted when some men,
suspected to be aggrieved youths of the Peoples
Democratic Party, pulled down some banners
bearing the image of the First Lady, at the
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the state
capital.
Mrs. Jonathan was in the state to drum support
from Edo women for her husband’s re-election
campaign.
It was learnt that the men climbed the fence
where the banners were placed and began to
pull them down as soon as it was time for the
First Lady to deliver her address.
According to Punch,Irked by what they termed
to be an attempt to mar the visit of the
President’s wife, some youths and policemen
dressed in branded T-shirts, bearing the
Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria logo,
accosted the men.
It was in the process of a brewing brawl that
some policemen, drafted to the venue of the
rally to provide security, whisked them away in
a police vehicle.
The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr.
Chris Nehikhare, said he had no doubt that the
perpetrators were sympathisers of the All
Progressives Congress.
He claimed that none of the youths who had
turned out for the event would carry out the
act, adding that the party would investigate
further.
Nehikhare said,
“I am sure they were APC people. No PDP
youth will be aggrieved to the extent of
pulling down the First Lady’s posters;
every PDP youths love the First Lady.
“But I will investigate to find out and let
you know tomorrow (Sunday).”
Speaking at the event, Mrs. Jonathan insisted
that her husband would remain in office for
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