Patiene Jonathan has denied media reports that she has moved out of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The first lady according to Daily Trust, made this known while reacting to reports that she had requested her staff to pack her personal belongings in readiness to leave the Villa. Read what she said after the cut.....
In the said report, it was alleged that the first lady began packing her belongings as soon as the Independent National Electoral Commission announced that Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, had won the election.
But Mr Ayo Adewuyi, Patience Jonathan’s spokesman in a telephone chat with Daily Trust described the report as false.
Mr Adewuyi also dismissed insinuations that the first lady had traveled out of the country
He said: “She (Patience) is at home. Just leave us out of any controversy. She did not travel to anywhere. She is very much around in her residence.
Explaining why the office of the first lady had remained shut since her husband lost the presidential election he said : “You should know that she does not have to be in the office every time”.
Meanwhile, Dame Patience Jonathan has congratulated the wife of the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha after the victory of her husband at the presidential election.
She has urged Nigerian women to work with Aisha Buhari and give her the supreme support to make her succeed in her new assignment.
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