Nigeria's First Lady, Mrs.
Patience Jonathan, has been
in a hospital in Germany in
the last four days, Abuja
State House sources have
told SaharaReporters,
undergoing treatment for
food poisoning.
The sources say Mrs.
Jonathan, who is also a
Permanent Secretary in the
Bayelsa State civil service,
was airlifted to the hospital
by an air ambulance in
midweek under emergency
medical conditions.
Presidency sources stated
that the emergency airlift
departed for Wisbanden,
Germany, but it is not clear if
her treatment was being
undertaken in that city. They
said she was only able to
speak earlier today, four days
after her arrival, because the
illness had been so severe
that she lost her voice.
Our sources could not say
when she will return to the
country. Nigeria’s political
leaders and their families
routinely seek expensive
medical attention abroad, an
irony occasioned by their
failure to develop the same
facilities at home. In the past
few years, two former First
Ladies have died on foreign
hospital beds.
source Saharareporter
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