Nigeria’s first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has revealed that she was ill and scheduled to go for an operation after the general elections, but no longer needed the surgery as the unnamed illness mysteriously disappeared after her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan lost the presidential election.
According to news reports, Dame Jonathan made this known on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at the Aso Villa Chapel, adding that medical officials told her she was healthy and did not need to go through with the procedure any more.
The First Lady also availed that she had undergone a major operation in between campaigns in January.
She went on to thank God for the life of her husband, who she said was leaving office hale and hearty.