Patience Jonathan’s medical trip update:
Illness started in Dubai.
The “food poisoning” condition that
landed Mrs. Patience Jonathan in a
hospital in Germany reportedly started in
Dubai eleven days ago where she had
gone to see a doctor because her hands
were twitching.
Presidency sources said she had gone to
Dubai after the recent African First
Ladies Summit in Abuja, an event that
imposed an unfamiliar and grueling
schedule of meetings and late nights on
Mrs. Jonathan, saying she needed some
rest.
Her visit to Dubai was explained as a
vacation but our sources said it involved
a medical procedure, while in Dubai, she
reportedly had “food poisoning” alongside
her medical doctor, soon after she
returned to Abuja last Monday, the
emergency broke and she had to be
airlifted to Wiesbaden, Germany for food
poisoning.
Since SaharaReporters broke the news
yesterday, the Presidency has officially
kept mum about the First Lady’s
condition. Despite a media arm recently
fortified to give Mrs. Jonathan a more
aggressive press presence, it has
provided neither denial nor confirmation.
Last night, Ayo Adewuyi, the First Lady’s
media aide, told us that he had himself
only just returned from vacation, and
pleaded for time to respond to our
inquiries.
When we called him today to find out if he
had found out Mrs. Jonathan’s
whereabouts, he confirmed that she was
in Germany and pleaded to let him send a
press statement regarding the issue.
Several hours later, he insisted that he
was still working on a statement.
There have, however, been half-hearted
denials and spins in some newspapers

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