Mrs Patience Jonathan has disappeared ?

The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has not been seen in public since President Goodluck Jonathan lost the March 28 presidential election to Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retired.) of the All Progressives Congress.

The President had last Tuesday conceded defeat and called Buhari on the telephone when it became clear from the results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) that he had lost his re-election bid.

Some dignitaries including serving and former government officials have visited Jonathan to commend him for conceding defeat.

But since then, the President’s wife had not been seen in public.

She did not attend the Good Friday service held inside the Aso Villa Chapel with her husband neither did she attend the Easter Sunday service inside the same chapel.

Mrs. Jonathan and the President’s mother, Eunice, had always accompanied Jonathan to such services.

The last time she was seen in public was penultimate Saturday when she and her husband voted at their polling unit in Otuoke, Bayelsa State.

While many believed however that she must have been too devastated by her husband’s electoral loss to appear in public so soon, investigations however showed that Mrs. Jonathan might have travelled out of the country.

A Presidency source who pleaded anonymity said that Mrs. Jonathan travelled to the United Kingdom during the week to sort out some domestic issues.

“She is in UK. She may use the opportunity of the trip to visit her children,” the source said.

President’s wife would come back to the country.

It will be recalled that Mrs. Jonathan had during one of the presidential rallies she organised ahead of the elections claimed that Buhari would send her to jail if he was elected. 

Do you think  the first lady has run away from future prosecution from the in coming government?

Punch