The
First Lady,Dame Patience Jonathan has revealed she was flown abroad for surgery
during the election
campaign period.She also thanked God for making her
leave Aso Rock hale and Hearty,emphasizing she never thought she would be a
First Lady.Speaking at the Farewell and Thanksgiving service at Aso Villa
yesterday,Sunday,she said
“During the
last campaign period, the devil struck again. I was in pain and was
rushed to the hospital in January and the doctors told me, ‘mama, you have to
go for a major operation now now.’
“What again? I asked. The campaign was still going on and I wondered how we were
going to explain to Nigerians.You know that
even when you go for medical check-up, they will be writing in newspapers,
saying all sorts of things.I said my husband will continue with his campaign
until the last day. That was how I went in for the first major operation
(surgery) in the end of January.
I Thank God
“By God’s grace, I went for the operation (surgery) and came out. On my return from there, I went straight to the campaign ground.They said to me when I was leaving the hospital: ‘mama,
there is another bigger operation that you have to go in for again. This one
will not be in this hospital. This hospital is too small for the type of
operation you need when you come back. You have to go to a bigger hospital.’
“I said ‘ha! while will you tear my body
again after I had done 12 operations within one month last year?
I said my God will see
me through because he created me for a purpose. I told my prayer partner to
continue praying for me. I said to myself that I will never be used
for a sacrifice.I was booked forthe operation in a bigger hospital and I was asked to go back to Nigeria and
return after the campaign. They gave
me a date. When I went back, I paid for everything and just when I was
to be taken into the theatre, the doctors said, ‘let’s check her
again.’
“By then, my husband had lost the election. I had packed out of
the Villa. Behold! I went to four hospitals again and the thing was said to
have vanished. My doctors were surprised; they didn’t believe that that could
happen.”“I thank God for keeping me alive today. God is so wonderful. Just two
years ago, I went through operations upon operations. Within one month, I
passed through 12 operations.
“Some people said I was dead, yes, I was dead but God resurrected
me.God told me, ‘my daughter, go back, I will give you a second chance, go and
finish your work.’
“And since my husband
lost the election, I believe God has made me to finish the work.”
“I never thought in my life that I will be First Lady. I never
dreamt of being the wife of a deputygovernor because my
husband was not a politician. But God made it possible and God lifted us up
from deputy governorship position and here we are.
“We should be grateful
to God for what he has done. To me and my family, we praise God.To ourfollowers, today, it might not be too good but I want
them to be grateful to God because they have followed us for a long time from deputy governor, governor, Vice President to President.You knowthat no
position is for a life- time. There is no permanent thing so I want you to take
it in good faith that it is the will of God. You should be praising God. God is
really wonderful.”
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