Mrs . Patience Jonathan has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to treat her the way her husband, former President Goodluck Jonathan, treated Aisha Buhari when he (President Buhari ) lost the 2011 presidential election .
Patience , who is under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said this in a statement by her Chief Press Secretary , Belema Meshack -Hart, on Monday .
The former first lady said she was being probed because of the prominent role she played during the build - up to the 2015 elections.
Patience had described Buhari who was the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress as a brain- dead man .
She said whatever happened during the election should not be a reason to persecute her .
Mrs . Jonathan , therefore , called on Buhari to caution the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu , against harassing her .
She said Buhari should take a cue from the United States President , Donald Trump , who did not go after Barack Obama ’ s wife , Michelle , despite the fact that she campaigned against Trump .
The statement read in part, “ We believe that she is being systematically persecuted and punished because of her unflinching support for her husband during the 2015 elections.
“ President Buhari should be reminded that his wife also supported him in all the elections he contested against her husband, former President Jonathan, but Dr . Jonathan did not at any point in time , carry out personal vendetta or go after Buhari ’ s wife .
“ That is the standard practice in all democracies around the world . For instance , Michelle Obama campaigned vigorously for her husband’ s party during their last presidential election , but we have yet to see President Donald Trump move against her . One thing is clear : No matter what they do to Mrs . Jonathan, she will continue to stand by her husband, the father of her children, even if it means paying the supreme price with her life . ”
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