At a special service held at the Aso Rock chapel yesterday,the First Lady Mrs Jonathan talked about her admission into a German hospital for the treatment of the ailment she suffered and how she underwent multiple surgical operations and that at some point her doctors lost all hope. This is the first time the Presidency will admit that the speculations of 2012 as regarding the state of health of the first lady was indeed true.
“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.” said the First lady.
“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,”
“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.”
She also said that 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.
“I know that some people some how 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.”
“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,” narrated the fist lady.
The first Lady also said that she has now dedicated her life to serving the needy.
