She was said to be near full recovery after about six weeks in an hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Indication to her recovery and soon return emerged during the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the hospital on his way to New York to attend the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The President was reported to have told close aides that the First Lady was fast recuperating. Hence, according to sources within and outside the Presidency, her return was only a matter of time.
While there has been no official date for her return just as there was none for her sudden disappearance from the country, the manner of her return is still shrouded in secrecy.
According to the sources who confirmed her possible return, “it is not clear if the Presidency will want to make public details of her return.”
On the manner of her return, the sources said it was not clear if she will come back in day time or steal in like late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.The First Lady’s sudden disappearance from the Presidential Villa has been an issue of intense public discourse in the last few weeks. While some said she was rushed out as a result of food poisoning, others said it was as a result of ruptured appendice.
Some even say she was taken to the same hospital (kidney specialist) the late President Shehu Musa Yar’Adua was taken to in Germany, insinuating that she might also be battling with a kidney problem.
Her Special Assistant on Media, Ayo Osinlu, said for now, he has no idea when Mrs. Jonathan will return to the country, stressing that it was not in his capacity to find out.Osinlu contested reports about the health situation of the First Lady. He noted that all reports about the medical trips were lies and that he could be quoted authoritatively on that.Osinlu, who had confirmed the foreign trip to a national daily, had insisted that Mrs. Jonathan was only taking a rest and not seeking medical attention.
He said: “If you look at her itinerary in August, you will be wondering how she was able to accomplish that.”
He said the First Lady was expected back in the country this week but did not give a specific date.
Asked when the First Lady would return, he said: “I don’t know. I don’t have any information on that. You don’t expect me to call her and ask her, ‘When are you returning?’ Is she my mate?
“Ours is to ensure everything is in order to receive her once her return is made known to us. I do not have fresh information on that.”
Pressed further, he said, “Nobody is going to put a gun on my head and force me to talk when I have no fresh information. My position is not different from what I told Daily Trust.”
Osinlu also refuted online report about the Firts Lady’s foreign trip, saying: “I can tell you authoritatively that the First Lady was not lifted by any air ambulance to anywhere. All those things are lies.”
Culled:Nation
Edited:LII
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