I’m not involved in Amaechi’s suspension, says First Lady

First Lady Patience Jonathan yesterday denied having a hand in the suspension of Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the National Working Committee.

In a statement last night , Senior Special Assistant to the First Lady on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ayo Osinlu described the allegation as “not only dubious, but also diversionary, unfair, unkind, and therefore totally unacceptable”.

According to him, the First Lady is not an official of the PDP as such could not have led ‘the elders of the party by the nose’ to take such a decision.

The statement reads “It has again come to our notice that a new twist has been introduced to the carefully orchestrated scheme to anchor the political fortunes or survival of certain embattled politicians on a deliberate demonization of the First Lady, Dame (Dr.) Patience Goodluck Jonathan.

“We consider it laughable that it can be assumed by any sane person that the First Lady could possibly “summon” the members of the NWC of the party for the purported purpose of handing down “stern directives” on crucial party decisions.

“We ask, on what platform? Within what contexts? In what capacity? Is it not an unfortunate insult on all the elders that constitute the NWC to insinuate that they were assembled by the First Lady, or anyone else for that matter, and instructed on positions of the party? And why couldn’t Leadership’s “investigators” name at least a few of those in attendance of this famous meeting? the statement said.