According to the information revealed by the famous and scandal Wikileaks source, first Lady of Nigeria Patience Jonathan runs her own show and the husband has little or no control over her.
Intercepted email data were provided by an anonymous US cable and leaked by Wikileaks. It should be noted that two persons whose correspondence were promulgated, have corporative mail ofStratfor, an American publisher and global intelligence company founded in 1996.
The message stresses that Patience has a more forceful personality than her husband.
An unknown man who quoted a source in Bayelsa State, said the First Lady has tremendous influence over President Goodluck Jonathan and his administration at the time he was governor of Bayelsa State.
The message says:“Jonathan, then governor of Bayelsa managed to distance himself from the wife when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seized USD 13.5 million from Mrs. Jonathan at an airport in 2006. Reports indicated the money was laundered through an associate; Jonathan managed to distance himself from the deal. The anti-graft commission investigating the source of the money has reported no findings to date”.
The report also informs that Jonathan’s defining characteristic of loyalty, recalled that when his former boss, Diepreye Alamieyesiegha was arrested in London:“Jonathan was reluctant to take over as governor or to appear too eager to fill his superior’s shoes.”
“He waited until he was compelled by the presidency to claim the governorship,” the report said pointing out that President Jonathan is supporting the Alamieyesiegha family.
Besides, Wikileaks said it was Jonathan’s loyalty that likely compelled President Obasanjo to select him as Yar’adua’s running mate, “perhaps to forestall the type of conflict Obasanjo perceived himself to have experienced with Atiku.”
Summarising all this information it could be said that in case of Jonathan’s 2015 win Nigera should be concentrated not only at GEJ’s political power, but Patience’s plans and views.