» Call Your Wife To Order - Group Warns Ex- President, Jonathan «

A group, Concerned Bayelsa Elders, has warned
former President Goodluck Jonathan to call his
wife, Patience, to order or risk political crisis in
Bayelsa State.
The leader of the group, Ebeletimi Wilson, said
this while addressing journalists in Lagos,
according to a statement on Tuesday.
Wilson said Jonathan’s wife was still scheming to
ensure that the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake
Dickson, does not emerge governor next year.
He said now that Jonathan has relocated to
Bayelsa State, his wife is attempting to use her
supporters in the Transformation Ambassadors
of Nigeria to frustrate the governor.
He said if Jonathan did not handle the situation
well, he could lose Dickson’s loyalty just as
former governors Rotimi Amaechi and Timipre
Sylva abandoned him.
Wilson said, “What exactly does Dame Patience
Jonathan want? Dickson has proved to be a
performing governor as he has within three
years transformed the state in the areas of
infrastructural development and security. This
initiative has changed the fortunes of the state.
“Jonathan should be able to call his people to
order because we know that his inability to call
his people to order resulted in the eventual face
off with Timipre Sylva and Rotimi Amaechi.
“Our appeal is that, as the leader of the state,
Jonathan should encourage Dickson for
succeeding in keeping the Peoples Democratic
Party united in the state.”
Wilson said if Jonathan did not speak up then it
would be assumed that he and his wife are
plotting to ensure that a former commissioner,
Waipamo-Owei Dudafa, emerges the next
governor of the state.
He alleged that Patience’s clique and preferred
candidate were the ones frustrating Dickson’s
administration.
He said, “Why should ex-President Jonathan keep
mum while his wife fuels crisis in the state just
because she is not getting her way? It is very
disappointing. Her aim is to turn Bayelsa into a
crisis-ridden state like what she encouraged in
Rivers State, but thank God Dickson has been
tactful.
“It is ironical that she has in the last three years
been the main opposition in Bayelsa State,
intimidating the people and even security
operatives.”