in Germany in the last four days, Abuja State House sources have told
Sahara Reporters, 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: Sahara Reporters