Jonathan, Amaechi Share same Helicopter on Their Way to Patience Mum's Burial
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state was at the Port Harcourt
International Airport to welcome President Goodluck Jonathan and later
flew in the same chopper to Okrika town for the burial of the adopted
mother of Mrs. Patience Jonathan.
They were joined on the trip by Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson.
This
fuelled excitement within the political circles, with speculations that
President Jonathan and Ameachi, both politically estranged duo will use
the joint flight to have a heart to heart talk.
Governor
Amaechi and members of the state executive council had arrived Port
Harcourt Airport and waited for the arrival of the President.
Supporters
of Seriake Dickson, Nyesom Wike, the supervising Minister of Education,
with his political group; Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDI), as well
as members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, all
jostled for space and attention while also awaiting the president’s
aircraft as it touched down at the airport at about 1.40 p.m.
Okrika
town and its environs were choked with soldiers, policemen, men of the
Department of the Secret
Service, Civil Defence Corps and Federal Road
Safety Commission, all strategically positioned.
There were several naval war boats patrolling the Okrika waterways.
There
were also military fighter helicopters on air surveillance, just as
there was an aerial camera bearing balloon, overlooking the perimeters
of the area where the event took place in Okrika.
Mrs.
Jonathan, was accompanied to the Port Harcourt Polo Club, venue of the
service of songs, by the wife of the vice president, Hajia Amina Namadi
Sambo.
Football and Nollywood stars were also at the service of songs to show solidarity with the First Lady.
Most
of the women clad in specially designed apparels for the occasion went
into a frenzy when Patience Ozokwu, made her appearance on the ground of
the Port Harcourt Polo Club.
Nollywood stars present were Zachee Orji and Kanayo Kanayo, the Akin and Paw-paw fame.
The
people of Wakrike, (that is the Okrika people) used the opportunity of
the burial rites of Madam Charity Oba, the adopted mother of the First
Lady in Okrika to confer Chieftaincy titles on the President and his
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