Nobody can stop me from visiting Bayelsa –Patience Jonathan

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."
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