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| President Goodluck Jonathan |
The scheduled inauguration of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) Presidential Campaign Organization (PCO) could
not hold in Abuja yesterday.
The inauguration, which was
cancelled at the last minute, is now rescheduled to hold today by 11am at the
Legacy House, Abuja.
The Nation reports the Special Adviser to the President
on Political Matters, Rufa’i Alkali, announced the postponement. According to him, the postponement
was due to the death of the President’s younger sister, Mrs. Nancy
Jonathan-Olei, at the weekend.
Alkali called for a one-minute
silence in honour of the deceased before the guests gradually departed.
Many members of the party and other
prominent guests were already seated at the Legacy House, Maitama before the
cancellation was announced.
PDP governors, Senate President
David Mark, Vice President Namadi Sambo, and President Goodluck Jonathan and
his entourage were still been awaited before the announcement.
However, Mark has condoled with the
president and his family on the death of his younger sister.
Mark, in a statement by his Chief
Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, in Abuja, expressed sadness over the death, saying
that her death had robbed the nation of her worthy enterprise.
He said: “I received the news of the
death of your dear sister with shock. I earnestly identify with you and share
in this painful loss. I pray that the good Lord give you the fortitude to bear
this pain and grant our beloved sister eternal rest in the bosom of the Lord.”
He also condoled with the first
family and the citizens of Bayelsa over the sad loss.
The Senate president, however, urged the family
to take solace in the fact that although late Nancy lived a short life, she left
a good legacy and impacted positively on her immediate environment.
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