--- My intestine and tummy were opened ---
First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Sunday opened up on her controversial medical trip last year, admitting for the first time she ailed terribly and was close to dying.
Mrs. Jonathan, who spoke at a special thanksgiving service at the Aso Rock Chapel where the first family worships, said she underwent multiple surgical operations and at some point her doctors lost hope after she “passed out for more than a week.”
“It was not an easy experience for me,” Mrs. Jonathan told the congregation which included senior government officials. “I actually died. I passed out for more than a week. My intestine and tummy were opened.”
“I am not Lazarus but my experience was similar to his. My doctors said all hope was lost. It was God himself in His infinite mercy that said I will return to Nigeria. God woke me up after seven days,” she narrated.
Mrs. Jonathan’s remarks at the church service, was the first time the presidency would admit the First Lady was seriously sick as widely speculated in 2012.
Mrs. Jonathan was on admission at the Horst Schmidt Klinik in Germany for an undisclosed ailment although multiple reports suggested she was treated for lungs and abdominal problems.
While the news circulated, the presidency ensured an anxious public remained in the dark about her condition, repeatedly insisting Mrs. Jonathan traveled for a “deserved rest”.
The thanksgiving service was delayed for two months, after the initial schedule was moved due to the helicopter crash deaths of former governor of Kaduna state, Patrick Yakowa, and the former National Security Adviser, Owoeye Azazi.
President Goodluck Jonathan, ministers and top government functionaries attended the event on Sunday.
During a stirring session, the First Lady narrated how she went through “hell” while in hospital and said she has dedicated her life to serving the needy.
“It is the Lord’s doing that I returned alive,” she said. “When God says yes, nobody can say no. People are always afraid of operation (surgery). But in my own case, while my travail lasted, I was begging for it after the third operation because I was going to the theatre every day. It was God who saw me through. I did eight or nine operations within one month.”
While she lay dying in Germany, friends and associates who hoped she will not be making it back to Nigeria with life, scrambled for her properties, selling those they could,” Mrs. Jonathan said.
She accused some of those she trusted of leaking information to the public that she had passed on.
“I know that some people somehow leaked the information that I was dead. They are people that I trust and rely on. To them, I was dead and I would never return to the country alive,” she said. “Some of them even sold my things off. “I won’t say everything here.”
She said she believed she had not completed her assignment on earth, which was why God spared her.
“It was not an easy one. The day I came back, I said God I have nothing to say, I offer myself to you. I will be doing things that will touch the lives of the less privilege. God gave me a second chance because I reached there. He knew I had not completed the assignments He gave me that was why I was sent back,” the First Lady said.
WHAT A MIRACLE !
- Makuochukwu Ogochukwu Onyekachukwu Ezenwugo, Aijay Ibeneme and2 others like this.
- Jesse Osayande Vucinic @ Jessy. You're right. If its too good to be true, it probably is and this sounds way too good to be true. Wait, wasn't the message from the presidency was that she was resting? Who's fooling who?
- Jesse Osayande Vucinic Got a question for any medical person here. Is passing out the same to dying? Cos according to her, she passed out for 7 days? I need to be enlightened on this.
- Jessy Brewer Passing out is not d same as dying , when u pass out u in a coma . Dying is different entirely .. When death comes no heartbeat or pulse is felt @ Jesse
- Ogbunoye Evaristus Chukwudi Uhmmm...thank God 4 her.. Una wey dey say "its too gud to be true" watin dey d talk wey una no undastnd?
- Zara David The good thing is she's alive, wether she passed out or died for 7days is not my business.
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- Danladi Charles Iliya ...part of the assignment is to build a 4 billion Naira 'mission House'?...anyway,thank God she made.
- Alaribe Okechukwu Stanley I thank God for given her a second chance to enable her correct some of her mistakes, but she realy needs to have a rethink in her dealings.
- Precious Erhabor If she waz dead den y did they leave her corpse 4 seven day without taking her to d mortuary?she passed out den may be in coma.thank God all dsame 4 her life
- Dunks Chuks shallow minded ppl "tank God she s alive" wot s d big deal f she dies ppl die evryday nd she wud surly 1day so pls lets drop d sentiment jooor f she wan die make she die naa.......hw many ppl apart 4m her family nd friends has she affected positivly. since dey r above d law death s d only way out
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the said properties your so called friends sold were ill gotten properties,cos how many did you have or declared before becoming first lady... - Nana Usman She was in coma not death, Isreali Prime minister was in coma 4 several months so wat's special about her case. D so called properties her friends were selling, how did she come about it? If u're a thief u'll make friends wit thieve. She should give us a brake wit her lie lie stories.
- Clinton Chidi If indeed God saved ur life, y lie 2 d world dat u only went 2 Germany 4 rest on ur arrival back 2 Nigeria?
- Jesse Osayande Vucinic @ Jessy. Thanks for the clarification on the passing out. I thought the meaning had been changed to suit her. She should just get off whatever she's smoking.
- Remi Sopitan After all her stories.She now dcided to build a Mansion wit 4B naira When those dat are even working could not afford three times meals in a day bfore talking of dose that dont av work..
I dont tink she has learnt her lesson.
