I Won’t Return to Presidential Villa for Any Reason – THISDAYLIVE

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*Says she never ‘whispered’ to Jonathan to remain in power

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

Former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has said she would decline if asked to return to the Presidential Villa in Abuja, stressing that she never told her husband to remain in office after he lost the 2015 presidential poll.

The former first lady spoke at a colloquium organised to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Abuja.
Mrs. Jonathan, who delivered a speech on ‘Public Relations, Value Reorientation, and Economic Transformation’, said: “The stress of Nigeria is too much,” adding that she looks younger than she was while her husband was president.

“If you call me now for the villa, I won’t go there. I won’t. Don’t you see how young I am? The stress is so much,” she said.
“The stress of Nigeria is so much. If God manages to bring you out of it, you should glorify God and thank him. It is…



Source: Thisday Newspaper