President Goodluck Jonathan leaves Abuja early Friday morning on a “private visit” to Germany, an Aso Rock statement announced on Thursday.

“The President will be accompanied on the trip by some of his principal aides.

“He is expected back in Abuja early next week”,
said the statement issued by presidential
spokesman, Reuben Abati.

Although the President fully performed an official function in Abuja on Thursday, the tone of the statement raises concerns his state of health.

Besides, the terse statement implied that the
President would not be accompanied by his wife, Patience, as is usual with many of his foreign trips.

The last time Jonathan paid a private visit to
Germany was when Patience was hospitalised there for an undisclosed ailment that nearly took her life.

The Aso Rock statement was issued shortly after Jonathan received a report of the 2014 National Conference at the National Judicial Institute (NJI).

Efforts to get other details of the visit did not yield results as at press time.
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