First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Tuesday denied the media speculations that she was imposing governorship candidates on some states ahead of the 2015 general elections.
Mrs. Jonathan said she had no right to anoint any aspirant because she was neither a politician nor a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
She made this known in a statement by her Media Assistant, Ayo Adewuyi.
The First Lady was reacting to a media report that some party leaders and stakeholders in Ebonyi State had decided to defect to the All Progressives Congress because she insisted that the state Deputy Governor, Chief Dave Umahi, must be the party’s governorship candidate.
The statement while describing the report as un
true and baseless said it was championed by mischievous people.
The statement read in part, “Let us state once again that the First Lady is not an elected official of state, neither is she a party functionary.
“She, therefore, recognises very clearly her place in the scheme of things.
“Let it be known that the First Lady has no hand in the selection of the party’s candidates in any state and definitely not in Ebonyi”. - dailypost
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