The Presidency broke its silence on the whereabouts of the First Nigeria’s Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan.
Ayo Adewuyi, media aide to the wife of the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, in a comment made available to reporters in Abuja, says Patience is now in Congo.
He said president’s wife is in the country to join her counterparts from Africa for the celebration of the 30th anniversary a Non-Governmental Organisation, Congo Assistance Foundation, established by the Congolese First Lady, Madam Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso.
Meanwhile, Adewuyi did not specify when Mrs. Jonathan arrived in Congo or when she is expected back in Nigeria.
Media assistant added that his principal was received on arrival by the Nigeria’s Ambassador to Congo Brazzaville, Princess Onipede, in company with top Congolese executives.
Adewuyi’s statement said:, “First Lady, Dame Patience Faka Jonathan, is in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, joining other African First Ladies for the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Congo Assistance Foundation, an NGO of Congolese First Lady, Madam Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso.
“The Foundation, established in 1984, has engendered social action in the areas of health, education, skills acquisition in favour of indigent people of Congo.
“Dame Patience Jonathan runs similar organisation in Nigeria, the A.Aruera Reachout Foundation, which also focuses on the upliftment of women and children, the needy and imprisoned.
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“The First Ladies of Benin Republic, Senegal, Mali, Tchad, Niger and Guinea Conakry are also in Brazzaville for the grand finale of the week-long programmes, during which a National Centre for Sickle Cell disease was inaugurated.
“Dame Patience Jonathan was received on arrival by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Congo Brazzaville, Princess Onipede, in company with top Congolese officials.”
Dame Patience has not been seen at any public affair inside the Aso Rock, Abuja, since Jonathan lost his re-election bid in the March 28 presidential poll.
First Lady was absent during the Good Friday and Easter Sunday services held inside the Aso Villa Chapel.
Mrs. Jonathan did not also join her husband for the funeral service held in honour of his top assistant, Oronto Douglas, in Bayelsa State last Saturday.
While Patience voted together with her husband in the presidential poll in Otuoke, Bayelsa State, she stayed back in her home state, Rivers, during the April 11 governorship poll.
She had expressed concerns ahead of the polls that she would be thrown into prison if Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) won the poll.
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