800 POLICEMEN DEPLOYED IN KADUNA FOR JONATHAN’S WIFE
Eight hundred plain-clothe and regular policemen were
deployed in Kaduna to provide security for the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan,
Dame Patience Jonathan, during the Peoples Democratic Party North-West rally
for women on Wednesday.
But the wife of the President was absent at the rally, which
held at the Kaduna Township Stadium.
She however attended another rally in Port-Harcourt, capital
of her home state of Rivers.
The 800 policemen in Kaduna also had the support of
operatives of other security agencies, including soldiers, who were stationed
at strategic locations leading to the venue of the PDP women rally.
Motorists and other road users were barred from the
Independence Way that led to the venue, resulting in heavy traffic gridlock in
the Tafawa Balewa/Ungwar Rimi area of the city.
At the rally, Kaduna State Governor Mukhtar Yero boasted
that the PDP would win the March 28 and April 11 elections in the state, saying
Kaduna had been a PDP state and would remain so even after the elections.
The governor said, “The Vice President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria is from Zazzau Emirate and we’re very proud of him because
even his principal, President Goodluck Jonathan, has described him as a
faithful and loyal deputy.
“Our son has also brought some developmental projects to the
state, like the Gurara and Kudendan Power stations which are expected to
reactivate moribund industries in the state.
“The resuscitated Lagos–Kano line definitely will pass
through Kaduna State and our people will be the beneficiary not to talk of the
new Abuja–Kaduna fast track where people can work in Abuja and live in Kaduna.”
Amina Sambo, wife of the Vice President, who represented
Mrs. Patience, urged women from the North-West to vote for Jonathan during the
March 28 rescheduled election.
She called on the women to come out en mass and
vote for the President without fear of intimidation or harassment from the
opposition party.
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