The APC has described as insulting the recent
remarks by first lady Patience Jonathan that its
presidential candidate, General Buhari is brain
dead. At a PDP Presidential rally in Kogi state on
Wednesday March 3rd, the First Lady reportedly
described the former Military Leader as brain
dead
"Wetin him dey find again? Him dey drag
with him pikin mate. Old man wey no get
brain, him brain don die pata pata.” she
reportedly said in pidgin English
The APC in a statement released yesterday
March 4th, described her comments as
demeaning
"It is not only insulting for Mrs. Jonathan
to describe Buhari as “brain-dead, it is also
demeaning of her status as the President’s
wife to speak in the manner with which she
did. It was discourteous and inexcusable for
a wife of any President with a modicum of
decency to make such a false and infantile
pronouncement about the health status of
another man on account of politics.
The APC Presidential Campaign
Organization similarly observed that much
as indecent and disgraceful as the
outbursts of Mrs. Jonathan was in an
attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of
Nigerians about her husband’s
incompetence to lead the country, it is
typical of the PDP’s modus operandi to
confuse Nigerians with mundane issues
instead of the issues of corruption, for
which her husband has achieved an
unbeaten record; his appalling lack of
capacity to secure life and property of
citizens and a glaring incompetence in
dealing with the challenges facing the
country.” ”the statement read The
statement also said it has observed that
the first lady had in recent times continued
to make inciting comments during any of
the PDP women campaigns According to
APC, Mrs. Jonathan had made statements
“invoking violence like she did in Calabar
over the weekend, when she urged the PDP
supporters to stone all those canvassing for
change.”.
The statement called on President Jonathan to
caution his wife.
