BY: EBEN ENASCO KINGSLEY (BENIN)
The wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mrs. Dame Patience Jonathan has branded the All Progressive Congress, APC, as a party full of miscreants.
She made the comments, on the occasion of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Edo women rally at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, organized to boast the presidential campaign for re-election.
Speaking at the event, to the Mammoth Crowed and party loyalist that besiege the mainbowl of the stadium, label the All People Congress a party without true identity but serial trouble making party; while urging PDP party faithful to come out enmasse and support their candidates to victory come March 28 and April 11 for the general election respectively.
According to her, “I want to commend this huge crowed of Edo women here today, for coming out in their numbers to support our President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan second term bid in office. I have come here to tell Nigeria women that we don’t have another choice of party rather than the PDP. The other party, APC is a party full of miscreant and liars. APC is an expired drug and remember when you take APC instead of Paracetamol or Panadol if you have malaria, it will remain in your body. APC have no identity because they change their name from time to time. Very soon, they will change it to EDFF because they are liars and rumor mongers, that is why, they went and take expired drug”.
Mrs. Jonathan further took a swipe on APC, adding that, President Jonathan has put on outstanding performance in infrastructural and human capacity development.
In her words, Nigerians, “I saw train last when I was in secondary school but today, you don’t need to go to London or Paris to see train because it is now here”.
APC are busy planning of building prisons while PDP led government are busy building schools for our children. Do you prefer a party that prefers to build prisons for our husbands, brothers and parents? Remember Nigeria women that Goodluck gave women Thirty-Five Percent slots in governance and will continue to do more if elected into office through your votes.
The President must be allowed his eight years tenure as it is constitutional because others completed their eight years in office. It is our tenure and we must be allowed to complete it.
On the issue that marred the use of the stadium, she told the congregation that it was an arbitration to fight over the choice of who to use the stadium which actually generated lots of stories between the APC and the PDP.
She said, “Since they were aware that I going to use the Stadium, they went ahead and pay for the same venue. Why would they do that? You see I am not a troublemaker, I am a peaceful woman. If they are somewhere (APC) I will not go there, because I am not a woman of trouble”, she echoed.
ByShe however, urged party followers to go and collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), as that is the only way they can vote massively come March 28, general election.
The event witnessed party big wigs across board which includes, PDP BOT Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih and the minister of works Arc. Mike Onolemenmen.
