A few days after breaking the news that President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience Jonathan, was hospitalized in Germany, SaharaReporters has learnt that Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s Minister for Petroleum Resources, is also receiving treatment in a London hospital for a serious medical condition.
One of our sources disclosed that Mrs. Madueke’s condition did not require immediate hospitalization, but described it as “potentially serious.” The source, who is a medical doctor, was only willing to divulge that the minister’s diagnosis is for a condition related to abnormal cell development in her body. The doctor declined to disclose if the diagnosis was a form of cancer, but said Mrs. Alison-Madueke’s condition “assumed a dire dimension recently.”
The medical source and another source close to the minister’s family told SaharaReporters that, prior to her recent hospitalization, Mrs. Alison-Madueke had made monthly medical trips to the UK. One source disclosed that she sometimes used private jets arranged by Kola Aluko, a business tycoon with whom she has business ties.
SaharaReporters gathered that the Petroleum minister owns a jet that is kept in trust for her by Walter Wagbatsoma, an oil marketer recently charged by the EFCC for involvement in oil subsidy scam.
SaharaReporters learnt that the minister hid the medical nature of her trips to London by telling friends and other government officials that she was going to see her children living in the UK. “For this trip three days ago, Madam said she was escorting her children who were returning to London to continue their schooling,” one of our sources said.
One source revealed that the minister flew to London few days after accompanying Mr. Jonathan on an official trip to Anambra State. Even though the minister is married, there have been persistent speculations linking her to a romantic relationship with President Jonathan.
SaharaReporters learnt that the president’s ailing wife had complained to her close friends that Mrs. Alison-Madueke had caused her condition because the oil minister wants to take her place at all cost.
Meanwhile, a source told SaharaReporters that Mrs. Jonathan’s condition has stabilized in Germany where she is being treated for food poisoning. The source said the First Lady came down with food poisoning in Dubai where she had gone on a secret mission to explore undergoing some procedure.
The nature of the procedure remains a mystery, but a source at the Presidency said he knew that Mrs. Jonathan close friend, Bola Shagaya, had been persuading her to see a Lebanon-based cosmetic surgeon.
The source added that the First Lady was interested in enhancing her looks.
The Presidency remains officially silent regarding the nature of Mrs. Jonathan’s current condition in a hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany. Instead, Presidency sources have been releasing snippets of various versions of her condition to different news outlets.
A source in Abuja said she suspected that Mrs. Jonathan might have undergone a procedure in Dubai from which she got an infection. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Bla bla bla. Madam minister and madam first lady, whatever be ur health conditions pls get well soon and resume duties.
ReplyDeleteShame upon shame. 2 top government ladies hiding their aliment. The worst of the shame is the first Lady accusing the Petroleum Minister of snatching her husband. It's an official abormination. Somebody need to quit office while a wife should be contained like a flood within the kitchen of Aso Rock. They have disgraced this nation enough.
ReplyDeletePlease don't believe this bungus lies about women fighting over Jonathan...this is ridiculous...saharareporters seems to be working for the govt opposition in Nigeria i supposed and thaz the reason they have come up with this bogus lies to discredit the president and the wife...yes we may not like what they have gone to do as long as they never used the public money and it is personal to them...who cares...I will not worry at all...let them be...
ReplyDeleteIn my dear country everything is a secret. Your age , your health, even your marital status. In some people's certificates they did not attend primary education but they are graduates. It is that bad. How can our leaders travel abroad and think that people will not know where they end up? The world is a global village.
ReplyDeletePls, don't get sucked into this rumor mill and phd meesengers ...
DeleteSahara!!!!! Are you a reputable paper or a rumor carrying paper
ReplyDeleteWhat a Shame to some media houses! whats new in someone having some form of health challenges. Yes, those being trailed for health reasons are highly placed individuals, but they are all human beings prone to illness, so what is the essence of boring us with such negative reports as if people should rejoice over their ill-health. Please look for better things to report and let the the women be.
ReplyDeleteDo we need to make personal health issues a source of public discussion? Nigerians r very wicked n evil. For wateva reason, don't rejoice over the ill health of another. Patience, Diezani, may God see u thru wateva medical challenges u currently face ...
ReplyDeleteI have never read a cheap gossip of this kind from a recognised media firm, ...Alison did this, Patience did that ...,oh! it is a big shame on you saharan reporters. Why don't u take ur time to write something meaningful, we have a lot of interesting issues you know.
ReplyDeleteHahaha....just troubles in paradise...private jet, children in london, secret journey about 2 snatch husband and finally in the hospital, God dey sha...results will be published soonest
ReplyDeleteWetin! Wetin! Bad belle piple 2 much 4 dis we country. Person no go sick again? Patience...Alison....who next una wan report again? Make una report d lies una dey publish and d love scandal 4 una offices make we read. Jealousy piple.
ReplyDeleteThis‘s no news. They ‘ve their personal lives 2 live. Sahara reporters shld let them be!!
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