Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday faulted
the contributions of some unnamed persons she referred to as “otherwise
respected elders” who, by their views, had been contributing to the
crisis in Rivers State.
While describing their utterances as unfortunate, she called on all
feuding parties in the state to sheathe their swords in the interest of
innocent women and children, who, she said, would naturally be victims
of the mayhem.
The president’s wife’s position was contained in a statement by her spokesman, Mr. Ayo Osinlu.
The
statement read, “We therefore call on elders of the state to position
themselves appropriately in the circumstances, and continue to seek the
highest good of Rivers State and its people, by stone-walling the
activities of the few, who would rather fan little embers into a
consuming inferno.
“Recent experience whereby certain otherwise
respected elders of the country, both from within and outside Rivers
State, were canvassing views that seemed to intensify the heat in Rivers
State, is certainly unfortunate.”
Mrs. Jonathan, who has been
roundly criticised as one of the masterminds of the crisis alongside her
husband, called on warring politicians in the state to spare a thought
for the social, political and economic costs of the crisis, and consider
an urgent way to resolve all political differences.
She warned
all stakeholders to ensure that the situation in the state did not
degenerate to a level that could be hijacked by miscreants and hoodlums,
thus exposing everyone to insecurity from which there might be no easy
escape.
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