President Jonathan still in Germany for treatment

President Goodluck Jonathan
travelled to Germany on a private visit , Leaders
has disclosed that the president actually took ill
and had to leave the country for Germany to
seek medical care.
Efforts to get a confirmation from the Presidency
failed up until the time of going to press, as
several calls to his spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati,
did not go through and he didn’t respond to an
email enquiry either.
Similarly, the senior special assistant to the
president on public affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, did
not pick or return several calls to his mobile
number last night.
It was gathered that President Jonathan, on
arrival in Germany, headed for a private
hospital in the Germany for urgent medical
attention.
Jonathan left for Germany on Friday. Prior to his
departure, presidential spokesman Abati had
issued a terse statement saying the president
would be making a “private visit” to Germany as
from Friday and that he would be accompanied
by some of his principal aides.
Before his sudden departure for Germany on
Thursday, President Jonathan was billed to host
members of the just-concluded National
Conference to a dinner at the Presidential Villa,
but the programme was cancelled at the dying
minute.
Although no official reason was given for the
cancellation, it was gathered that the
development was connected with the president’s
state of health which required urgent attention.
An authoritative source in the Presidency told
LEADERSHIP that despite assurances that the
president would return soon from his trip, it was
not likely as his health situation was not too
good. He said there was uneasy calm and
anxiety in the Presidential Villa over the state of
health of President Jonathan.