I’m not in Rivers to fight Gov Amaechi – Patience Jonathan

On Thurday,The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, said she was not in Rivers to fight Governor Rotimi Amaechi. She said this in Port Harcourt when 135 chiefs from Kalabari Kingdom called on her.
She said: “I am not here to fight the Governor of Rivers State because he is my brother. We should come together to develop the state.

“We shouldn’t play politics with our home. Our home remains our home. We shouldn’t play politics with our elders.”
The President’s wife said the presidency was an opportunity for the people of the South-South to rule the country not to be at war against one another.
She said: “The presidency is an opportunity that fell unto us on a platter of gold. We shouldn’t throw it away. We have had people that contested from this region but didn’t win.
“We didn’t fight, we didn’t pay. God willed it to us so we shouldn’t use politics to fight one another or destroy our kingdom. Kalabari has been peaceful and its people are peace-loving.”