Patience
Jonathan, Nigeria’s first lady, has appealed to Nigerian women to vote en masse
for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the forthcoming presidential
election because the brain of Muhammadu Buhari, the party’s opponent, is dead.
Speaking on Tuesday
during the PDP women presidential campaign rally in Kogi state, she described
Buhari as unfit to be the country’s president. “Wetin him dey find again? Him
dey drag with him pikin mate,” she said in pidgin English. “Old man wey no get
brain, him brain don die pata pata.”
Moved by the cheers
of the crowd, the first lady sporadically sang to taunt her husband’s main
challenger at this month’s presidential election. “If you vote Buhari, na your
prison; if you vote APC, na your wahala,” she sang.
“What is change? Why
did you not change things when you were there? Is it now that you want to be
doing the things you weren’t doing before? “Jonathan looked at us and said
women, I am giving you the position of the chief justice of this country.
Okonjo-Iweala is a woman, Diezani is a woman. Seventy percent of his cabinet
are women. “He also gave us the opportunity to start enrolling for the regular
combatant course at the NDA (Nigerian Defence Academy). “He wants continuity
because he has vowed to do more.
He places Nigerians
in his mind and if he says he will do this, he will do it. So what are we
looking for? If we women of Nigeria don’t appreciate Goodluck and we are
looking for bus conductor, it is left for us.” She urged the people to obtain
their permanent voter cards (PVCs) in order to participate in the election and
also said her visit was meant to appreciate them.
“Remember that your
vote is your power and it is good to vote wisely,” she said.
“Those of you that do
not have PVC should endeavour to collect it because all these things you are
doing is meaningless without PVC. “I thank you very much the people of Kogi.
This is time around I came to thank you very well. I brought some gift for you,
I brought rice, I brought meat, I brought brocade. I brought many things for
you. It is not for election but to thank you very well.”
Idris Wada, governor
of the state; Helen Mark, wife of the senate president; Kema Chikwe, national
woman leader of PDP, were among those in attendance.

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