A short news item aired on the Nigerian Television Authority at 9pm showed President Goodluck Jonathan paid a secret visit to his wife, Patience, in Germany on Saturday.
The news item was accompanied by a short video clip showing the President and his gorgeously dressed wife, who is reported to be sick of an undisclosed ailment in Germany.
Patience, who was in high spirit was heard saying, “Let me take picture with my husband.”
When contacted, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, confirmed that the President visited his wife in Germany on Saturday and that Jonathan returned to the country on Sunday.
He said the video clip aired by NTA was a confirmation that the President’s wife was hale and hearty contrary to what some people wanted Nigerians to believe.
He said, “What that video has proved is that the President’s wife is hale and hearty and she is not in bad shape like people will want Nigerians to believe.
The video has put paid to all the lies that people who play politics with almost everything have been spreading.”
However, unconfirmed report had it that unlike in past trips when the President was always accompanied by NTA reporter and cameraman, the video clip that formed the backbone of the television report was actually sent to the station on Sunday.
That claim fuelled the speculation that the clip might have been recorded during the President’s stop over in Germany during his recent trip to New York for the last United Nations General Assembly.
