Jonathan/Amaechi Faceoff: Dame Patience Relocates To Port Harcourt

The alleged move by the Presidency to remove the Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi took a dramatic turn yesterday as the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has decided to take the bull by the horn in the matter.

LEADERSHIP Sunday gathered that the first lady’s visit to Port Harcourt was a move to ensure that the State House of Assembly members are mobilised to ensure Governor Amaechi’s impeachment from office.

The first lady moved into a newly-built mansion in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. She is expected to spend 11 days in Port Harcourt. But our sources said that the first lady has vowed not to leave the Garden City until the governor is finally removed from office.

It was gathered that as at yesterday night, Dame Jonathan had met with some of the lawmakers in an alleged move to start the plot to hasten the impeachment process, while the venue of the meeting could not be ascertained as at press time.

The new move became necessary as the Presidency believes that Dame Jonathan, being an indigene of the state and also being well grounded in the politics of the state, has all it takes to effect the governor’s removal.

The political differences between President Jonathan and Governor Amaechi reached its crescendo when the Presidency allegedly started mobilising against Amaechi’s bid for a second term shot at the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) chairmanship position. The NGF’s chairmanship election led to the factional division amongst the governors, creating a faction led by Amaechi and another being led by Governor Jang of Plateau State.

There are allegations that the Presidency created the Jang’s faction to break the stronghold of Amaechi and some anti-Jonathan governors that are bent on seeing that the President does not run for a second term.

Thereafter, the federal government in a surprise move grounded the plane belonging to the state government, while threatening to probe the administration of Governor Amaechi over mismanagement of funds.

The drama continued with the NGF’s crisis, which eventually led to the suspension of Governor Amaechi from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

It would be recalled that the name of the governor is already being pencilled down as a possible vice presidential candidate on a ticket that would parade a Northerner as the presidential candidate to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

This move, the President sees as an affront, as Amaechi being a South-South man, would be denying the region of a second shot at the Presidency.

The first lady’s move, according to sources, therefore became necessary to weed out the “Judas” within the fold of the ruling party.


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Jonathan administration will be a good story line for a nollywood movie. . . . . 2015 is going to be interesting.

....and the drama is getting messier and messier ......

I thought this woman was busy trying to move Bayelsa forward as a permanent secretary in the State?

The Nigerian Presidency cannot be debased further than this.....

Nigeria symbol of sovereignty is obviously in the wrong hands.

Gbawe: I thought this woman was busy trying to move Bayelsa forward as a permanent secretary in the State?

Indeed she is! This is really unbecoming of a First Lady. What a shame!

Madam,pls help us remove dat zombi called amaechi.u can't fight ur boss.fresh air till 2019.lol dancing azonto

Let's wait and see,

k2039: Permanent Secretary my foot. Does she even know the meaning of a secretary, it will be outrageous to have expected her to discharge her duties when in fact she doesn't even know what the office entails.

I agree with you. However, we still have to respect the fact that she is officially a permanent secretary in a Nigerian State even if her husband has reduced Nigeria to a theatre of the absurd. We should, as Nigerian citizens, ask her to face her official duty as perm sec instead of marauding the political landscape disturbing other democratically elected leaders trying to do their job.

See desperation....they know fully well that losing Rivers State will signaled the end to GEJ presidency, at things stand...they've lost Lagos and Kano....nobody has gone ahead to become Nigeria President by losing in those three states..

ilugunboy: The Nigerian Presidency cannot be debased further than this.....

Nigeria symbol of sovereignty is obviously in the wrong hands.

yeah.
More debased than what occured in past administrations?
More debased than when a former president unconstitutionally siezed the funds of a state govt?
You are a hypocrite.
Btw,this report is nonsense.
All i see in the report are various kinds of assumptions.
I think it's time these back-water newspapers are sued.

Amaechi vs Jonathan

Nothing i hear about these 2 bulls in a china shop surprises me anymore. Can't wait for them to pack their stuff out of Aso Rock.

Are the mods sleeping?

Ths news has hit fp before..

Almost a month ago at that....

The doctor Amaechi is responding to treatment.

Dame pashent for governor

I know its so funny if I say I don't know yet the feud between Amaechi? Thats not the issue, the issue is in his name, Amaechi Rotimi? An Igbo in conjuncture a yoruba name and River state is neither a yoruba or an Igbo state. How come the mixture of names.

This man wise no be small.

jackbauersballs: Are the mods sleeping?

Ths news has hit fp before..

Almost a month ago at that....

just like the veyron story hit twice.

Amaechi should ground here fleet .. . . .

Meanwhile, has Bianca moved into Aso Rock yet?

She only went 4 a wedin of a law maker of d rsha n notin much,I cnt rememba she said she has relocated 2 ph

when woman set for your matter your own don finish ooo . Amaechi! Amaechi!! Amaechi!!! .. how many times you hear your name .?? Hia!

Power. Fi di fi fawer

Jonathan is now a lawless democrat

honestivo: She only went 4 a wedin of a law maker of d rsha n notin much,I cnt rememba she said she has relocated 2 ph

Don't mind all those haters of Jonathan.

False News in its entirety..!!

She went for a function... NL is becoming embarrassing by the day with its high level of false reports!!!!

Sometimes I wonder different between news and assumption.. A mushroom newspaper report unconfirmed news and the nl will start commenting and hurling insult over it.. Na nna sabi ooo

WHO RUNS D WORLD? GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!
ask Beyonce!