SPOTTED: Former president Jonathan and wife spotted on weekend vacation in Kenya (PHOTO)

Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience, were spotted over the weekend at a vacation spot in Kenya.

 

The former first couple visited Kenya’s Maasai Mara Games Reserve on a three-day tour of with two of their children.

 

The Jonathans arrived on a chartered plane and were received by the Governor of Narok, Samuel Tunai  who is also the council of governors tourism committee chairman.

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Governor Tunai said more than 500,000 tourists from all over the world are expected to witness the spectacular crossing of wildebeest across the crocodile-infested Mara River.

 

According to reports by Kenya media, Jonathan who refused to speak with reporters on arrival, is the second digitary to visit the reserve in less than two weeks. The King of Swasiland, Mswati III was booked at the lodge last week.

 

The owner of the hotel where the Jonathan’s lodged, Nicky Fitzgerald, said this tourism peak season is different from the past as prominent personalities from across the world have been calling for bookings.

 

“We have received Mr Jonathan, King Mswati III, a Chinese prominent family and we are expecting other royalties,” she told reporters.

 

Fitzgerald attributed the boost in tourism in Kenya to President Barrack Obama’s visit July.

Patience Jonathan’s Role In The Sack of Police IG Exposed

Police chief Suleiman Abba has lost his job, becoming the first major casualty of Goodluck Jonathan’s loss in the just concluded presidential elections. He has since been replaced by Solomon Arase.

The Nation, in a report last Saturday, has revealed that Jonathan was under pressure to give Abba the boot – for alleged security and protocol breaches.

Credible sources in the presidency have disclosed that First Lady Patience Jonathan played a pivotal role in the events leading to the sack of IGP Abba.

Abba, The Nation learnt, had earlier been summoned by the President to defend himself against allegations by some PDP leaders and security chiefs regarding his role in the March 28 and April 11 elections.

Abba got the push because he rebuffed a presidential directive to make some “strategic moves” that would have favoured the ruling party in the two elections, the sources said.

One of them specifically mentioned Abba’s reluctance to redeploy the Assistant Inspector General in charge of Zone 6 Tunde Ogunsakin, from Rivers State to Cross River on the eve of the gubernatorial and Houses of Assembly elections.

The aim, it was gathered, was to enable the ruling party perfect what was described as its ectoral heist in some states in the Southsouth.

A source said when it became apparent that Abba was “using delay tactics” in carrying out the order, the First Lady, who was with some of her aides in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, instead of Bayelsa State where the President had gone to vote, called Dr. Jonathan demanded an immediate implementation of the directive, it was said.

Miffed by what she considered to be an affront, said the source, the First Lady said Abba would regret his tardiness.

Said the source: “I can categorically tell you that Abba would have saved his job but for what happened on the eve of the governorship election when we were in Port Harcourt.Could you believe that despite an initial signal from the authorities that Ogunsakin should be moved to Calabar, Abba was playing games with the directives? He was apparently not in the mood to comply. The President had to call him directly before the order was carried out, following a complaint made to him by the First Lady.

“I am also aware that the authorities are not happy with his conduct during the presidential election, especially his seeming closeness to the president-elect and his presence at presentation of Certificate of Return to Gen. Buhari in Abuja.

“He would have been allowed to stay on till the inauguration of the new government but for ignoring the wishes of the wife of the President.”

Jonathan is said to be demanding loyalty from all Service Chiefs until he leaves office on May 29.
Source – The nation

Large Turn Out In Okrika As Dame Patience Arrives Home

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday arrived in her home town, Okrika, in Rivers, to a warm welcome by her people. The first lady, who expressed surprise at the large turnout of people, thanked them for their love and support.Jonathan’s visit is the first since the March 28 Presidential election, in which her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat to the President-elect, Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari.

She described their warm welcome as a demonstration of their genuine love and affection for her. Jonathan also thanked them for their prayers, support and belief in her husband’s leadership. Some of the people, who spoke said they were proud of the first lady.

One of them, Mrs Remi Kuku, said the women of Nigeria had never had it so good until the first lady came on board. “History will be kind to her, no matter what anyone or group says about her; she is a goal-getter and I wish her well’’, Kuku said.

Mr James Bright said Jonathan had contributed immensely to the socio-economic development of Okrika people. “She is the voice of the Okrika people; she fought for our cause and we owe her a debt of gratitude. “We thank God for giving her the opportunity to serve and using her as an instrument to elevate the status and development of women in Nigeria’’, Bright said

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First Lady Calls APC Members Bus Conductors… Asking For “Change”

Dame Patience Jonathan, has likened members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to bus conductors who always ask for ‘change’. The opposition party is known for its ‘change’ as campaign slogan.

The President’s wife called on all women in the country to come out en mass and vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the coming March 28 and April 11 general elections and disregard the change anthem championed by the opposition party.

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Okrika Uproar: Amaechi Accuses Patience Jonathan

Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has blamed Dame Patience Jonathan for the attack on members and supporters of the APC, in Okrika, Rivers State, during their rally yesterday.

Speaking to  journalists in Abuja after the enlarged APC leaders’ meeting at the Shehu Yar’Adua centre in Abuja, Amaechi condemned the attack on the APC campaign Rally.

The rally was disrupted by gun shot sounds that surrounded the rally vicinity, also with reports of explosions within and around the Okrika Secondary School area.