Patience Jonathan Resurfaces After 5-week Absence From Public View After Election Defeat

by Zenith Oduah

At the thanksgiving/farewell service held today in honour of President Jonathan and his wife Patience, it will be one of the major events in Nigeria that the first lady will be attending since her husband lost his re-election bid on 28th March 2015.

She recently attended the 30th anniversary of a non-governmental organization, Congo Assistance Foundation, floated by Madam Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso, Congolese First Lady.

In Case You Missed Why The First Lady Hasn’t Been Seen In Public, We Had Exclusively Reported That A Month After Jonathans Defeat At The Polls, Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Refuses To Speak To Her Husband….…

Jonathan, Sunday, expressed fears that his wife might divorce him because of his decision to allow the just concluded election go on to its logical conclusion without interference.

Speaking at a thanksgiving and farewell service in his honour at the Cathedral Church of the Advent Life-Camp, Gwarinpa, Abuja, President Jonathan cited the case of the former South African Apartheid leader, F.W de Klerk whose wife divorced him for ending minority rule in South Africa.

The President said, “I hope my wife will not divorce me. But that is the only decision that has made RSA to still remain a global player. If we still had minority rule there, by this time, nobody will be talking about RSA..”

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