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Abuja -The First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, said in Abuja on Wednesday that she had committed the ongoing crisis in Rivers to prayer and that crisis  started as far back as four years ago. Rivers has been embroiled in a political crisis which culminated in a free for all at the House of Assembly last week, with some members injured. [caption id="attachment_314132" align="alignnone" width="412"] *Patience Jonathan[/caption] Jonathan said this during a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa by 16 bishops from the South-South geo-political zone. ``Rivers state issue is one thing I’ve committed to prayer because I believe there is nothing God cannot do. God restored me and I’ll do His work without the fear of man. ``The truth will always remain the truth and what God ordains must come to pass and so Rivers issue is something we’ve handed over to God.’’ The president’s wife said contrary to some reports, she had always mediated between Gov. Chibuike Amaech...

BY DAPO AKINREFON NOBEL LAUREATE, Professor Wole Soyinka has condemned the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State saying that democratic grounds are being eroded in the state. Soyinka, also took a swipe at the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan for her over bearing tendencies just as he said President Goodluck Jonathan should call her to order. Professor Soyinka said this at a state of the nation address,  Thursday in Lagos. [caption id="attachment_178250" align="alignnone" width="420"] *Soyinka[/caption] While he faulted the Presidency for trying to absolve the President from the crisis, he said "the perception out there in the world is that he bears a vicarious liability in the crisis". Besides, he said the indifference exhibited by the President creates an enabling environment for his followers to act on his behalf.