Although the
state of her health was meant be be shrouded in secrecy, kept away from
the public because of the avalanche of criticism trailing the Goodluck
Jonathan administration (The usual style of Nigerian public office
holders) Sahara Reporters have continued to reveal the undercover
activities of the Dame Patience Jonathan who is presently recovering
after being operated for Fibroids According to SR, "Doctors at a German
clinic performed a surgical procedure on Patience Jonathan to remove
uterine fibroids, SaharaReporters
has learnt from a presidency source. The source added that the fibroids
might be cancerous, even though he could not confirm it as German
doctors are reportedly conducting further tissue testing.
Another
source disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan was planning
a quick
and secret trip to Germany to see his ailing wife. Mrs. Jonathan remains
hospitalized in Germany almost eleven days after she was airlifted
there from Abuja early last week.
SaharaReporters
first broke the news that Mrs. Jonathan had been flown to a German
hospital for medical treatment for "food poisoning", a condition for
which she was reportedly misdiagnosed by doctors at the Presidential
clinic in Aso Rock.
“The First Lady underwent surgery for the removal of uterine fibroids,” said our source who is close to the Jonathans.
SaharaReporters
had earlier reported that Mrs. Jonathan had traveled to Dubai to have a
procedure performed. She then hurriedly returned to Nigeria before she
was airlifted to Germany for urgent medical care.
We could not
ascertain whether she had tried to have the fibroids removed in Dubai,
but other sources had disclosed that she developed an infection in Dubai
that necessitated her return to Nigeria and quick evacuation to
Germany.
Mrs. Jonathan’s trip to Dubai and Germany had been covered in secrecy before
SaharaReporters reported both events.
Sources
close to the First Lady had also told SaharaReporters that her closest
friend, Bola Shagaya, had convinced her to undergo some form of cosmetic
surgery to enhance her looks.
A source in the Presidency told
SaharaReporters that President Jonathan was planning a secret trip to
see his hospitalized wife in Wiesbaden, Germany. Mr. Jonathan is taking
off for official visits to Malawi and Botswana, but our source said the
president will fly secretly into Germany from South Africa to visit his
wife before returning to Abuja.