The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience
Jonathan, on Monday told the presidential
campaign organisation of the All Progressives
Congress that “she is a woman of peace that
can never be identified with electoral violence.”
She said there was no way somebody like her
who occupies the exalted office of the President
of the African First Ladies Mission would be
promoting violence under any guise.
Mrs. Jonathan who spoke with THE PUNCH
through her media aide, Ayo Adewuyi, was
reacting to the decision of the APC to report her
to the International Criminal Court for allegedly
asking supporters of the Peoples Democratic
Party to stone anyone canvassing for change, the
APC slogan, during a campaign rally in Calabar,
Cross River State.
Adewuyi said, “The only thing we can say from
here is that Dame Patience Jonathan is a
woman of peace that can never in any way be
identified with violence before, during and after
elections.
“You do not expect somebody who is the
President of African First Ladies to be promoting
violence.”
When asked whether the President’s wife would
be ready to answer any inquiry from the ICC on
the matter, Adewuyi simply said, “They are just
notifying. The case is not yet in ICC. They are
entitled to their opinions and actions. We are not
going to be dragged into any argument with
them.”
