Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has declared that she would decline any request to return to Nigeria’s presidential villa to serve as the First Lady.
In a viral video clip on X from a public function on Friday, Mrs. Jonathan expressed that “the stress of Nigeria is too much,” adding that she looks younger now compared to her time in office.
She remarked, “If you call me now for villa, I wouldn’t go there. I won’t. Don’t you see how young I am? The stress is so much.”
Mrs. Jonathan emphasized the toll that serving in the villa takes, stating, “If God manages to bring you out of it, you should glorify Him. He has taken you there once, why do you want to go there again?”
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Her husband, former President Goodluck Jonathan, exited the presidential villa in 2015 after losing the presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari.
During her tenure as First Lady, Patience Jonathan was known for her memorable expressions in pidgin English, such as “na only you waka come” and her admonishments against corruption, famously saying, “There is God ooo.”
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