Patience Jonathan, Nigeria's first
lady, has appealed to Nigerian women
to vote en masse for the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) during the
forthcoming presidential election
because the brain of Muhammadu
Buhari, the party's opponent, is dead.
Speaking on Tuesday during the PDP
women presidential campaign rally in
Kogi state, she described Buhari as
unfit to be the country's president.
"Wetin him dey find again? Him dey
drag with him pikin mate ," she said in
pidgin English.
"Old man wey no get brain, him brain
don die pata pata."
Moved by the cheers of the crowd, the
first lady sporadically sang to taunt
her husband's main challenger at this
month's presidential election.
"If you vote Buhari, na your prison; if
you vote APC, na your wahala," she
sang.
"What is change? Why did you not
change things when you were there?
Is it now that you want to be doing
the things you weren't doing before?
"Jonathan looked at us and said
women, I am giving you the position
of the chief justice of this country.
Okonjo-Iweala is a woman, Diezani is
a woman. Seventy percent of his
cabinet are women.
"He also gave us the opportunity to
start enrolling for the regular
combatant course at the NDA
(Nigerian Defence Academy).
"He wants continuity because he has
vowed to do more. He places
Nigerians in his mind and if he says
he will do this, he will do it. So what
are we looking for? If we women of
Nigeria don't appreciate Goodluck and
we are looking for bus conductor, it is
left for us."
She urged the people to obtain their
permanent voter cards (PVCs) in order
to participate in the election and also
said her visit was meant to appreciate
them.
"Remember that your vote is your
power and it is good to vote wisely,"
she said.
"Those of you that do not have PVC
should endeavour to collect it because
all these things you are doing is
meaningless without PVC.
"I thank you very much the people of
Kogi. This is time around I came to
thank you very well. I brought some
gift for you, I brought rice, I brought
meat, I brought brocade. I brought
many things for you. It is not for
election but to thank you very well."
Idris Wada, governor of the state;
Helen Mark, wife of the senate
president; Kema Chikwe, national
woman leader of PDP, were among
those in attendance.
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