First lady of Nigeria popularly known as Mama Peace still stand strong with her choice for the governorship of Rivers State come 2015.
The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has once insisted that Governor Rotimi Amaechi will not be allowed to produce his successor, insisting that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, will be the next governor.
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The First Lady, who spoke at the burial ceremony of Senator Tari Sekibo in Okrika on Saturday, expressed her confidence that Wike would beat the candidate of the APC and emerge governor.
Mrs Jonathan, while addressing Okirika Council of Chiefs at the event, said:
“Before you today is the next governor of Rivers State. He is the former Minister of State for Education, Barrister Nyesom Wike.
“The PDP is the best party and the most popular party in the country. The PDP is the leading party that will win Rivers State.”
The First Lady said she would continue to stand by those committed to the inclusive development of the people of the state and not leaders who insist on emasculating other groups through policies that will displace them.
She pointed out that such leaders would also not be allowed to produce their successor in the state, adding that their anointed successor had been briefed to continue with similar divisive policies.
It was her second public endorsement of Wike.
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