Culled from Dailypost…
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Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has explained why she shunned the Rivers
State Deputy Governor, Mr. Tele Ikuru, at the Port Harcourt airport
recently. According to Mrs. Jonathan, her reason was not unconnected to the
refusal of senior officials of the Rivers State Government to pay her a
condolence visit when she lost her foster mother.
The First Lady said she was disappointed that the Rivers State
government could not send any delegation from the state despite the fact
that several groups and individuals from across the country came to
commiserate with her.
Mrs. Jonathan said this in a statement issued by her spokesman, Mrs. Ayo Adesugba.
She was reacting to media reports that she shunned Ikuru, Rivers
State Deupty Governor when she arrived at the Port Harcourt airport
during the weekend.
The bereaved President’s wife added that she decided to make her
visit to the state unannounced in order not to attract the attention of
those she described as mischief makers, as she would prefer to stay off
the ongoing political tussle in the state.