First Lady Patience Jonathan yesterday arrived in Port
Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on a three-day visit. She is
believed to be in her home state to prepare for the funeral of her
mother, Madam Charity Oba, who died in a car crash last month.
Ahead
of her arrival, there was heavy police presence on some major roads in
Port Harcourt. Security operatives mounted surveillance on her residence
on Bauchi Road, Old GRA, Port Harcourt.
Dame Patience was
shielded from top officials of the Rivers government, including the
Deputy Governor Tele Ikuru, who came to receive her at the airport.
It
was gathered last night that the Rivers government team, led by Ikuru
was at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa to receive the
President’s wife, but was not allowed to move to the tarmac.
Ikuru
was accompanied by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG),
George Feyii, some
commissioners and other top Rivers government
officials.
The impeccable source said the Presidency had earlier
informed the Rivers government of the First Lady’s visit, with necessary
arrangements made to make the visit memorable and hitch-free.
The
source said: “A Lieutenant Colonel approached the members of the Rivers
state government’s team at the Port Harcourt International Airport and
told them that they had directives from the Presidency that they should
not be allowed near the First Lady.
“Wife of the Bayelsa State
Governor, Mrs. Rachael Dickson, was allowed to receive the First Lady at
the airport. It was very embarrassing and annoying.”
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