Uncertainty Over First Lady’s Return Today

Barring last minute change of plans, a presidential jet was scheduled to fly out of Abuja last night to bring home Nigeria’s ailing First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan.

Presidency sources told Sahara Reporters yesterday that Mrs. Jonathan would return to the country early this morning if everything works as planned.

Mrs. Jonathan was secretly flown out of Abuja nearly six weeks ago at the end of August, after she developed complications from a cosmetic procedure she had undertaken in Dubai.

Upon returning to Nigeria from Dubai, she was flown out to Germany in an air ambulance following an emergency which was initially diagnosed as “food poisoning.”?? Earlier investigations by LEADERSHIP at Wiesbaden Klinik in Germany, however revealed that her medical condition was more complicated and precarious.? She was said to have lost her power of speech for four days in the early stages of her ill-health, among other complications.

In an effort to cover up her health condition, the presidency had concealed the facts about her ill health. At first it claimed that Mrs Jonathan was only resting after a hectic schedule of hosting the African First Ladies Forum.