“Jonathan must dissociate himself from wife hate speech”- Fashola

The President Jonathan must come forward to dissociate self by denouncing what Fashola called “hate speeches’ by his wife Patience Jonathan and others that could lead to electoral violence ahead of the elections scheduled for March 28 and April 11.
Meantime, the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Professor Chidi Odinkalu has urged Nigerians to learn from the imprisonment of the former first Lady of Ivory Coast, Simeone Gbagbo and desist from uttering comments that could lead to electoral violence in the country.

Fashola made the statement yesterday, during a courtesy visit by the officials of NHRC at the Lagos House, Marina, led by its chairman, Odinkalu to seek the Governor’s support on the need to avoid violence and ensure free and fair contest in the forthcoming elections.

The governor lamented that the ‘hate Speeches’ made in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidates, especially the President had created panic in the country, saying “People are leaving the country out of fear.”

According to Fashola, “President Goodluck Jonathan must come out and dissociate himself from especially, his wife speeches.   He must disown them.