The former First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has on Thursday, received high praises for acting like a true Democrat during her tenure, .
A Human Rights Lawyer and Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Section on Public Interest and Development Law, SPIDEL, Monday Ubani, praised the former First Lady, while criticising the incumbent First Lady, Aisha Buhari, over the reported arrest and arraignment for cyber stalking, of a University Final Year Student, Aminu Adamu, on her order, just for commenting on her sudden massive weight gain.
According to Ubani, many Nigerians flayed Patience Jonathan during her husband’s tenure as Nigeria’s President from 2010 to 2015, but she did not arrest any of her detractors.
He spoke while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’.
His exact words: “The former President’s wife, Mrs. Jonathan, goes viral every time, she was called names (but) we never heard a situation where she ordered Security Agencies to arrest any person.
“As a Public Officer, you have to be tolerant, if you do not have tolerance, you will need to arrest everyone, because immediately they criticise you, the next thing is that you order the Police or the DSS (Department of State Security Services) to arrest them.
“The arrest was at the instance of the President’s wife, and that has not been denied. He (Adamu) was secretly arraigned yesterday (Wednesday), and is now in a Correctional Centre, and that has not been denied.
“I think that what has been said, that the President’s wife has added some flesh; if you look at the woman when she came, she was looking slimmer, but today, she has added flesh, and that is the truth.”
Ubani speaking further, stated that the President’s wife should have asked the Police to invite and interrogate Adamu in a civilised manner, if she felt offended.
He noted: “We cannot use a sledgehammer to kill a fly.”
The Human Rights Lawyer also said that he used to appreciate Mrs. Buhari, because she tried to “side the masses, but this act of hers, I condemn it unequivocally.
“It is absolutely wrong, she has to release that young man. That is the only way we can forgive Mrs. Aisha Buhari.”
He stressed that the Student must be released before Monday, to commence his Final Year examinations.
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