Is Nigerian First Lady Patience Jonathan Still Sick
Is Nigerian First Lady Patience Jonathan Still Sick
Despite
her return to Nigeria in pomp and circumstance about one month ago,
First Lady Patience Jonathan is still sick, Sahara Reporters sources say.
Saharareporters
learned that shortly after the public relations exercise that attended
her return, she retired into a medically-induced bed rest that has her
kept her away from the public, unable to attend to official duties.
On
October 26th Mrs. Jonathan appeared with her husband and the Ondo State
governor, Olusegun Mimiko and his wife to cut her 55th birthday cake in
the presidential villa, since then she has disappeared from the public.
A presidency source stated that Mrs. Jonathan’s doctors in Germany have also continued to visit and watch her recovery.
When
Mrs. Jonathan returned from a prolonged medical trip to Germany in
October she spoke effusively about being given a second chance, but
denied having been in a hospital.
Our sources say the publicity
given her return was designed to end all forms of speculation about her
true condition because the presidency had badly miscalculated by not
revealing her actual medical status to the country. Contrary to the
plans of the presidency, Sahara Reporters exposed specific details her
husband wanted to keep hidden.
Since her return, Mrs. Jonathan
has not been able to accompany her husband on any official trips in or
outside of Nigeria, including visits to her home state of Rivers, or
that of Mr. Jonathan, Bayelsa.
In addition to all this, she has
not attended to her duties in Bayelsa as Permanent Secretary, a position
she seized with grand fanfare months before she left the country on an
extended trip she said was not for hospital treatment purposes.
It
is unclear how long Mrs. Jonathan's bed-rest will continue as she
remains inaccessible to the public, or how her absence is impacting her
official duties in both Abuja and Bayelsa.
No comments:
Post a Comment