Thursday, 21 November 2013
PRESIDENT JONATHAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER COMPLAINING OF CHRONIC STOMACH ACHE
Nigeria’s
President, Goodluck Jonathan, has reportedly remained hospitalized at an
undisclosed London hospital to which he was taken early today after complaining
of chronic stomach pain.
“The President woke up to get ready for the work of the day only
to complain of serious stomach pain”, one presidency source said.
The personal doctor to the President, Fortune Fibresima,
reportedly administered some medicines but the pain increased, Mr. Jonathan was
reportedly rushed to a hospital. Presidency officials hoped he would be
released to participate at an Investor’s Council Meeting taking place at the
Hilton Hotel in Central London, about five minutes from the InterContinental
Hotel where the Nigerian president is lodged. The meeting is the objective of
his visit.
Several
presidency sources have confirmed to SaharaReporters that the President and
several government officials partied heavily into the early hours of this
morning as they celebrated Mr. Jonathan’s 56th birthday.
According
to the report President Jonathan is said to have a taste for ogogoro, a local
gin that is widely-enjoyed in the riverine areas of Southern Nigeria.
Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati has however denied that alcohol is served
in the presidency.
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