Dame Patience
Jonathan, wife of former President Jonathan, exploits or rather escapades
filled the air and print waves recently. True to biblical predictions ,“All things done in the dark shall be brought
to light”. But the Expose News would not dwell on the enormity of the scandalous
revelation but rather on the morality of the former first lady’s statement –that
the money discovered was for her medical bills-and the EFCC shadow boxing
exercise. The Expose News gathered that when the news broke out, Dame Patience
came out boldly to say the $15 million lodged in four bank accounts was hers
and they were meant for payment of her medical bills.
But reporters of
the Expose News who went to town to gauge public opinion were shocked at the responses
of Nigerians interviewed. Here are some of the views expressed. “That woman thinks Nigerians are fools and
can be taken for a ride”, said Dominic Igbadume, a newspaper vendor. From
Doris Adukwe, a shop attendant in Garki shopping mall, “$15 million for medical
treatment? What type of ailment? Kidney? Breast Cancer? Or tummy tuck? That
woman should just keep quiet”, Monday Aweleye said “we never knew she has any
terminal disease. But if she has, does she need all that money? Again, for Prince will Arawa “if she can
budget this much for medical bills, imagine what she would budget for her residence,
companies, relations and estates”. The Expose News gathered that the former
first lady has had her hands soiled in nearly every negative aspect of life and
like the proverbial greedy monkey has now been trapped!
But for the EFCC to
announce that investigations were inconclusive after rubbishing her image on
the page of newspapers is unfortunate. Dame Patience has owned up that the
money is hers, why develop cold feet at the eleventh hour? This is the
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