23 August 2014 , Source: Leadership
Contrary to official claims that President Goodluck Jonathan travelled to
Germany on a private visit, LEADERSHIP authoritatively gathered yesterday that the president actually took ill and left for Germany to seek medical care.
Efforts to get a confirmation from the Presidency failed up until the time of
going to press, as several calls to his spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati, did not go
through and he didn't respond to an email enquiry either.
Similarly, the senior special assistant to the president on public affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, did not pick or return several calls to his mobile number last night.
President Jonathan left for Germany yesterday after performing the closing
ceremony of the National Conference on Thursday.
Prior to his departure, presidential spokesman Abati had issued a terse
statement saying the president would be making a private visit to Germany as
from Friday (yesterday)and would be accompanied by some of his principal
aides.
It was gathered that the president, on arrival in Germany, headed for a private
hospital for medical check-up.
It could not however be confirmed if he went to the same hospital he had
visited with his wife last year when the first lady faced some health challenges.
Before his sudden departure for Germany on Thursday, President Jonathan was billed to host members of the just-concluded National Conference to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, but the programme was cancelled at the dying minute. Although no official reason was given for the cancellation, it was gathered that
the development was connected with the president's state of health which
required urgent attention.
An authoritative source in the Presidency told LEADERSHIP that despite
assurances that the president would return soon from his trip, it was not likely
as his health situation was not too good. He said there was uneasy calm and
anxiety in the Presidential Villa yesterday over the state of health of the
president.
Meanwhile, the situation has also elicited concern from prominent Ijaw
(President Jonathan's ethnic group) political leaders, some of whom converged
on the home of a prominent elder statesman from the ethnic group in Abuja to
deliberate on the matter. A source privy to the meeting hinted that the Ijaw sons were considering sending a delegation to visit the president.
The source said before the meeting ended, it was agreed that clearance would be obtained from the Presidential Villa on whether the president is in a state to receive visitors before it would be decided on who would visit him.
Some people had speculated about Mr Jonathan's health just before his trip to
Washington, DC, United States, where he attended the 2014 US-Africa Summit
early this month.

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Meanwhile the poor masses cannot access medical treatment in public hospitals. Really a shame!

Nigerians deserve their useless leaders because they keep voting for them. All they do is party bashing on nairaland, pdp vs apc as if those political parties are any different from each other. The day Nigerians will go out and revolt against those animals and start believing God will not come down from heaven and do what they are supposed to do for themselves, maybe Nigeria will have a chance.