At last, Presidency disclosed Patience Jonathan’s whereabouts

In what appears to have been kept in secrecy since President Goodluck Jonathan lost the 2015 presidential election, the presidency yesterday broke its silence on the rumours flying around on the whereabouts of the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan.

According to a statement made available in Abuja on Wednesday, May 7, 2015 by Ayo Adewuyi, Media Assistant to the first lady, Mrs. Jonathan is in Congo alongside other first ladies of Benin Republic, Senegal, Mali, Chad, Niger and Guinea Conakry for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Congo Assistance Foundation, a non-governmental organisation established in 1984 by the Congolese First Lady, Madam Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso.

A week-long activities that include inauguration of a National Centre for Sickle Cell Disease and events packed grand finale were in place to commemorate the 30^th anniversary of the non-governmental organisation put in place to promote social action in the areas of health, education and skills acquisition for the indigent Congolesse. 

Since her husband lost the March 28, 2015 election Mrs. Jonathan has shunned all public outings and for this reason, the first lady the whereabouts became an issue for speculation with some saying she has fled Nigeria to avoid being prosecuted by the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd). Some other has