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Nigeria's First Lady in outrage over missed trip to Washington, D.C

by, Rachel Rabinowitz
Lagos, Nigeria
July,31,2014

Reports emanating from Aso Rock yesterday indicated that the wife of Nigeria's President, Patience Jonathan, after being informed that she would not be accompanying her husband to the United States, flew into a rage and slapped a Protocol Officer and an unnamed female Minister in her husband's cabinet accusing them of infidelity and trying to break up her marriage. She has reportedly insisted that they be fired immediately.


Nigeria's First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan, who has been in the news lately for less than praise worthy reasons, is expected to attend the U.S/Africa Presidents summit in Washington, DC, next monday. Always known to travel with a very large entourage that could rival any Super Star rapper's posse, President Jonathan leads one of the largest contingent to the summit with a 77 man crew.

In a telephone interview, the Media Assistant to Mrs Jonathan, Ayo Adewuyi, denied that she had assaulted anyone.

"This is a complete fabrication of the events that happened and which you are calling about", he said. "It is true that Mommy (Mrs.Jonathan) was upset about not being included in the trip because she wanted to use this opportunity to meet with Michelle Obama and explain what is really going on with the Chibok issue".

"As you know, she has been lambasted in the press, especially on social media, and her position on the saga has been grossly misconstrued. She would have loved to sit down with Mrs.Obama to forge a cooperation agreement and working relationship on how incidents like that could be avoided in the future. Besides, as an African woman, her role is to be next to her husband and to guide him where he falters or is lacking. She might still make the trip, we are working out the modalities", he concluding before abruptly ending the interview.

President Jonathan, with a very low approval rating and facing an uphill task in elections slated for February 2015, has been rumored with having extra marital affairs with at least two of his top female cabinet , one of whom happens to be the powerful director of the country's Petroleum Agency, Diezani Madueke, wife of a former Naval Chief.

He is also prone to scandal.

In 2011, during the CHOGM summit in Melbourne, Australia, he failed to show up even though he was supposed to be one of the keynote speakers. There were reports of partying into the wee hours of the morning and a President in a drunken stupor ing for why he couldn't attend the summit, in the local Nigerian press. Other reports alleged an incident with a Sri Lankan prostitute, which was said to have been hushed because of diplomatic reasons. A few of his entourage were reportedly issued life bans from ever visiting Australia again as a result of the alleged incident.

Mrs Goodluck Jonathan herself is not averse to controversy. In 2009, while her husband was the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, in the Niger-Delta region, she was arrested at the International Airport in Lagos while attempting to transport $13.5million in her carry-on Luggage to Kuwait.

Again, in 2011, a woman claiming to be a courier for the then Governor's wife, was also caught trying to smuggle $15million en route to Switzerland.

Nigeria, ravaged with endemic corruption, high unemployment and a terror insurgency is due for Presidential elections in early 2015.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Hmm, see so many atrocities by our so called president of d federal republic of Nigeria

Chai!
Naija don suffer!

Lmao, his Washington PR firm has really failed.

Was GEJ deputy governor in 2009?

I see Dieziani Allison Madueke losing her job soon. She should be fired for attempted snatching of Jonathan from Patience. Her own don too much sef!

She wants to defend her interest. Abeg, no bi her fault.

All based on the rumors generated from Nigeria... No wonder a friend told me Journalism is dead in the states, they only say what the Government wants them to say

APC at work

Dem say dem say journalism

Another write-up from a drunk that call him/herself a journalist.

ugopumping: [b]. "It is true that Mommy (Mrs.Jonathan) was upset about not being included in the trip because she wanted to use this opportunity to meet with Michelle Obama and explain what is really going on with the Chibok issue".


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Lol…

ugopumping: Nigeria's First Lady in outrage over missed trip to Washington, D.C
by, Rachel Rabinowitz
Lagos, Nigeria
July,31,2014
Reports emanating from Aso Rock yesterday indicated that the wife of Nigeria's President, Patience Jonathan, after being informed that she would not be accompanying her husband to the United States, flew into a rage and slapped a Protocol Officer and an unnamed female Minister in her husband's cabinet accusing them of infidelity and trying to break up her marriage. She has reportedly insisted that they be fired immediately.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

This story appears to be FAKE!!!

mummy why ?? mama nigeria..mama of piss

This woman!

Vagabonds In Power

eph12: Was GEJ deputy governor in 2009?

don't mind this faceless bloody blogger

People just start commenting without taking two minutes to know if the story is true. No such story in the link provided not even anywhere except nairaland. The OP is just using hoffington post to validate his foolish imaginations.

...because she wanted to use this opportunity to
meet with Michelle Obama and explain what is really going
on with the Chibok issue".

Nothing demonstrates the acute colonial mentality of Nigerian leaders than this line!!!

Our "leaders" feel more able to foreigners than they are to us! Little wonder her husband had to await instructions from a 17 years old Pakistani kid to meet with the parents of the abducted girls!!

Shame! Shame! Shame!!

omenka: Nothing demonstrates the acute colonial mentality of Nigerian leaders than this line!!!

Our "leaders" feel more able to foreigners than they are to us! Little wonder her husband had to await instructions from a 17 years old Pakistani kid to meet with the parents of the abducted girls!!

Shame! Shame! Shame!!

Lolz!
That part really got me thinking honestly. She wants to meet Mitchelle Obama and do another version of "na only you waka come?,diaris god o" in America.
Patience Jonathan,embarrasing Nigeria since 900BC

berem: Lolz!
That part really got me thinking honestly. She wants to meet Mitchelle Obama and do another version of "na only you waka come?,diaris god o" in America.
Patience Jonathan,embarrasing Nigeria since 900BC

Omo...be ready for mentions

Is that president goodluck Ebola jonathan wife?

Politics smh.. How many of you guys actually checked the link? Nothing like that there just like the OP other thread. Fake story with a credible website to make it look real I guess the OP is somewhere laughing at you all cos he knows you won't bother to check the site

koboko69:
Omo...be ready for mentions

I send anybody message?

Even a blind man would see that this news is fabricated. I wonder why the people above me cannot see this.

that what you get when you elect charlatans with kerosene background as president. the jona...daft are a disgrace to creations.

berem: I send anybody message?

u know say some people especially PDP e-militia carry this e-platform for head like real life. If dem meet some people for real life....fear nor go let them breathe sef, not to talk of saying hi. Get one chino something...that one na Mr biafra. Only him na photo journalist, sss, dss, special adviser to(.....) Police, PA to one govt official. na make en talke say na en get NL remain.

The writer of this story would have been in the league of great fantasy writers such as JK Rowling, Dan Brown & Enid Blyton if only s/he had used this talent properly

She wants to meet one on one wit Mitchel Obama? Dats exactly wot Jonathan was trying to prevent so she won't go and kill another grammar and embarrass the man, Jonathan displayed wisdom there.

Only FOOLZ from APC will believe dis mtchewwww.

Apc Apc Apc
stop feeding Nigerians with junk.
useless desperate bunch of terrorists