According to LEADERSHIP,
President Goodluck Jonathan travel
to Germany was not for a private
visit but was for emergency health
issues and he left to Germany to
seek medical care
As of the time of press release,
every effort to get a statement
from his spokesman, Dr Reuben
Abati where not answered.
Also the senior special assistant to
the president on public affairs, Dr
Doyin Okupe did not answer his
phone calls or his emails.
The Presidency had left for
Germany after the closing
ceremony of the National
Conference.
Abati had issued a statement
saying that the President will be
heading to Germany for a private
meeting along with his principal
aides but Leadership reveals that
immediately he arrived in the
European country he went for a
medical check up.
The particular hospital he went to
is still unknown, with reporters
saying he might be at the same
hospital his wife received
treatment last year when she face
some health challenges.
President Jonathan was supposed
to host members just-concluded
National Conference to a dinner at
the Presidential Villa, but the
programme was cancelled at the
dying minute.
An important source close to the
Presidency told Leadership that
despite expectations that the
president would return soon from
his unexpected trip, it was not
likely as his health situation was
not too good.
The source also said that
Presidential Villa yesterday there
was an uneasy calm and anxiety
over the state of the Presidents
health.
According to the source, Ijaw
(President Jonathan’s ethnic
group) political leaders have
gathered at the home of one
prominent elder stateman in the
Federal Capital, Abuja to discuss
about the matter.
Rumours have been going around
that the president was ill before
his trip to Washington, DC, United
States, where he attended the 2014
US-Africa Summit early this
month.
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