I’VE NO HAND IN OYO POLITICS – PATIENCE JONATHAN

First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan said yesterday that she was not involved in the politics of Oyo state as reported by some newspapers.
In a statement issued by the Media Assistant in the Office of the First Lady, Ayo Adewuyi, Mrs Jonathan said she was only in Ibadan to commission the Oyo state office of the Women for Change and Development Initiative.
It said: “Dame Patience Jonathan was in Ibadan only for the purpose of commissioning the Oyo state office of Women for Change and Development Initiative, one of her NGOs seeking for the upliftment of the status of Nigerian women, during which women of Oyo state were equally empowered.
“To, therefore, say that the First Lady summoned PDP Governorship aspirants in Oyo State asking them to “accommodate” an Accord Party aspirant is to say the least dubious, diversionary, unfair, unkind, and therefore totally unacceptable.
“We consider it preposterous that it can be assumed by any person that the First Lady would possibly make such request on behalf of someone who is not even in the ruling party, the PDP. We ask again, on what platform? Is Ladoja in PDP?
“This is another attempt by mischief makers to loop their self-induced political travails around the First Lady, to develop another strategy for their survival. 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 and acts always accordingly.
“If anything, she has continued to preach for peaceful conduct of all aspirants before, during and after elections, since she believes that Peace is prerequisite to a free and fair election and ultimately, development and unity of the country.”
Source: Blueprint