Nobody can stop me from visiting Yenagoa – Patience Jonathan dares Bayelsa youths

Nobody can stop me from visiting Yenagoa – Patience Jonathan dares Bayelsa youths

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Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Thursday said nobody or group could threaten her if she decided to visit any part of the country.

Mrs. Jonathan, who spoke with one of our correspondents through her
media assistant, Ayo Adewuyi, was reacting to statements by some
youth groups threatening to disgrace her if she attends the grand rally
of the Peoples Democratic Party in Yenagoa on February 5.

Two youth groups – Bayelsa Youth Vanguard and the Mangrove Boys
of Bayelsa – had, in different statements, issued in Abuja and
Yenagoa, barred the President’s wife from accompanying her husband
to the rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.

The youths, who accused Mrs. Jonathan of instigating political crisis in the state and working against Governor Seriake Dickson, had vowed to embarrass and disgrace her at the rally.

But the spokesman for the President’s wife described the groups as
faceless.

He said Mrs. Jonathan would not be cowed into avoiding any part of
the country because of threats from such groups.

He said, “We will not descend so low to be joining issues with faceless
groups.

“The fact however remains that the First Lady as the wife of the
President cannot be threatened by anybody or any group if she decides to visit any part of the country.”

Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Valentine
Ntomchukwu, has issued a warning to some youth groups threatening
to disgrace the wife of the President if she attends the grand rally of
the PDP on February 5.

Two youth groups – Bayelsa Youth Vanguard and the Mangrove Boys
of Bayelsa – had in different statements issued in Abuja and Yenagoa,
barred the First Lady from accompanying her husband to the rally in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.

But Ntomchukwu, while addressing a select journalists in Yenagoa on
Thursday, urged members of the public to disregard the threat, saying
it was the handiwork of some faceless groups.

The commissioner said, “I want to appeal to the general public to
come out in large numbers to welcome the President and the First
Lady who have done so much for this country. So, these miscreants
cannot disrupt the peace of Bayelsa.

“We have been enjoying peace and even on that day we will be
celebrating because it is the day the President is coming, not
necessarily as the PDP, but as the President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria. So, they cannot come and tarnish the image of President in
his home state. “

Ntomchukwu said the police would provide adequate security for the
President’s wife and other political groups visiting the state for rallies,
campaigns and legitimate businesses.

He asked the BYV and the MBB to desist from making such
provocative and inciting statements, which he said, were capable of
puncturing the existing peace in the state.

He added, “The police will not hesitate to deal decisively according to
the extant laws with any such groups when arrested. I want to assure
you that we are already trailing the Mangrove Boys anywhere they
may be.

“So, my advice is that these boys should just go away from the state
entirely because since they have done this publication, they have put
themselves on the firing line and we are definitely going to pursue
them.

“We are operating with intelligence and all the security agencies are at
our disposal. As soon as we catch them, they will face the wrath of
the law. Even though they are faceless, any time they become visible,
we are definitely going to deal with them.

“We are asking the well meaning Nigerians to come forward and give
information not only on these boys but on all criminal activities. We
have already identified them by their names and we are trailing them.”