WIFE of the president, Dame Patience Jonathan, has assured that she would continue to promote peaceful co-existence among the people of Rivers State.
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Speaking Saturday in Port Harcourt at the wedding reception of a member of the state House of Assembly, Hon Evans Bapakaye Bipialaka, Mrs Jonathan said the divisive coinage of upland and Riverine people no longer existed.
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The visit by the Nigerian First Lady caused traffic chaos in the Rivers State capital.
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While commending the Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, Mrs Jonathan noted that he made her come to the state. She further commended the Minister for the rousing reception accorded her, adding that this was the first time she was so honored.
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The groom, Hon Bipialaka, who is one of the five anti-Governor Chibuike Amaechi lawmakers in the state House of Assembly, was reportedly a former aide to Mrs Jonathan.