Nigeria: President Jonathan Ill, Flown to Germany, news source claims

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Goodluck-Jonathan-The-Trent-33.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Nigeria: Jonathan Ill, Flown to Germany, news source claims"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="-" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Goodluck-Jonathan-The-Trent-33-702x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.8; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Nigeria: Jonathan Ill, Flown to Germany, news source claims" width="702" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nigeria: Jonathan Ill, Flown to Germany, news source claims</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=78385#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> </span></span></a></header><div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Contrary to official claims that President Goodluck Jonathan travelled to Germany on a private visit, Nigerian news source <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Leadership Newspapers</em> is said to have gathered yesterday that the president actually took ill and left for Germany to seek medical care.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-1" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-11" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-10" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President Jonathan left for Germany yesterday after performing the closing ceremony of the National Conference on Thursday.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-4" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-9" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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 (yesterday)and would be accompanied by some of his principal aides.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-8" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was gathered that the president, on arrival in Germany, headed for a private hospital for medical check-up.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-6" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-7" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It could not however be confirmed if he went to the same hospital he had visited with his wife last year when the first lady faced some health challenges.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-7" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-6" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-8" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-9" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-4" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An authoritative source in the Presidency told <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Leadership</em> 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 yesterday over the state of health of the president.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-10" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile, the situation has also elicited concern from prominent Ijaw (President Jonathan’s ethnic group) political leaders, some of whom converged on the home of a prominent elder statesman from the ethnic group in Abuja to deliberate on the matter. A source privy to the meeting hinted that the Ijaw sons were considering sending a delegation to visit the president.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-11" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="in-article-p-minus-2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The source said before the meeting ended, it was agreed that clearance would be obtained from the Presidential Villa on whether the president is in a state to receive visitors before it would be decided on who would visit him.</span></div> <div id="in-article-p-12" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some people had speculated about Mr Jonathan’s health just before his trip to Washington, DC, United States, where he attended the 2014 US-Africa Summit early this month.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.857; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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