[b]The open row between the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, took a new dimension as the duo gave conflicting reports of what transpired at Okrika last Tuesday to the president.

The governor, infuriated by the first lady’s alleged public scolding, took the case to the president, stating his own side of the case without hiding his angst about the way the first lady treated him like a school boy.

The president, it was gathered, later asked the first lady to state her own side.

The first lady’s account, it was learnt, was very different from what the governor had told the president.

When the president compared the two reports, it was difficult for him to decipher who was telling the truth. So, he decided to bring in the police and the State Security Service (SSS) to investigate the matter and report back to him.

Sunday Tribune reliably gathered that the president ordered the Inspector General of  Police, Ogbonnaya Onovo, to instruct Rivers State Commissioner of Police to direct the Divisional Police Officer for Okrika Local Government to get to the root of the matter and report back through appropriate authorities to the president.

It was learnt that to ensure that the whole truth was unearthed, the president also directed the SSS to conduct its own independent  investigation into the matter.[/b]The president, it was further learnt, had been presented with the report and, according to sources, he had started studying them with a view to taking appropriate steps to correct what went wrong and guard against a recurrence.

During her two-day visit to Rivers State last week, the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, was scheduled to visit Okirka, her home town.

As part of the programme, the host governor, Amaechi, was explaining by video, his school project, stressing the need for the demolition of some buildings to have space for the schools.

At this point, it was alleged that Mrs Jonathan cut in, grabbed the microphone and said the governor should reconsider the way he was going about the demolition.

This woman is slowly ruining her husband's chance of becoming 2011 pressy

When the president compared the two reports, it was difficult for him to decipher who was telling the truth. So, he decided to bring in the police and the State Security Service (SSS) to investigate the matter and report back to him.

Sunday Tribune reliably gathered that the president ordered the Inspector General of  Police, Ogbonnaya Onovo, to instruct Rivers State Commissioner of Police to direct the Divisional Police Officer for Okrika Local Government to get to the root of the matter and report back through appropriate authorities to the president.

It was learnt that to ensure that the whole truth was unearthed, the president also directed the SSS to conduct its own independent  investigation into the matter.

quite a lot of overtime for all the agencies and officials involved in investigating this matter.

i used to think nigeria had other priorities but what do i know. Am i there.

Was there no camera man when this happened? I guess they're going to setup a commitee to look into the issue. Probably budget like 10 billion cos this is a serious matter.

lol it was on nta, i don't know who exactly is dumb here, the silly newspaper making up rubbish or slow Johnnie.

the newspaper didnt even mention how silly this whole thing is probably because they made shyte up!

They should get over that lil squabble and do wat they ought to do jor

bloody sissies

Okrika people are all the same. . .

So bush. . .

Mr. money shut d f up and stop this English lesson.