Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience
Jonathan, was on Monday flown to Germany for what a Presidency source
said was for a check-up.
Fears over Mrs. Jonathan’s health spread last year when he was
away from the country for weeks.
She was said to be in critical condition in a German hospital.
Although she looked pale, she denied being admitted to any
hospital when she finally returned on October 14, 2012.
Her husband later confirmed that she was sick but had recovered.
The President’s wife had to cancel a thanksgiving service and
reception she initially planned in honour of former Kaduna State Governor
Patrick Yakowa and ex-National Security Adviser Andrew Azazi, and others, who
died in a helicopter crash in Bayelsa State on December 15.
Although an online news portal, Saharareporters, reported that
Mrs. Jonathan was flown out of the country, a Presidency source told our
correspondent that she only travelled on Monday for a check-up.
“You will recall that since she returned last year, madam has
not travelled out of the country. This trip is just for a check-up, nothing
more. Any report that she had been hurriedly flown abroad is far from the
truth,” the source said.
Patience attended the inter-denominational service held as part
of activities marking this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the National
Ecumenical Centre, Abuja on Sunday alongside her husband and mother-in-law.
She looked healthy throughout the service.
Efforts to get her media aides for comments on the telephone
were unsuccessful at press time.
Source: Punch
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