For about seven weeks in 2012, First Lady of Nigeria
Patience Jonathan
was away from the country and during this period, speculations were
rife about her health condition. There were several insinuations about
her absence. Some media reports claimed she had cancer, others claimed
she had fibroid while some claimed she went to have a cosmetic surgery
among others. During this period, the Presidency only denied the
insinuations saying she travelled to rest and kept mute for so long,
even when she returned to the country to a lavish reception.
However, yesterday at a thanksgiving
service held at the Presidential Villa, she finally revealed how a
debilitating sickness almost took her life saying that she passed out
for over seven days and that her aides, believing that she was dead,
were already selling her personal effects before God “miraculously”
brought her back to life.
Punch
reports that she did not reveal the nature of her ailment but spoke
about some of the things she passed through during that period.