“I did not advise Patience Jonathan to undergo cosmetic surgery” – Bola Shagaya

For several days now, the wife of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has remained incommunicado. She was reportedly airlifted about a forthnight ago, from Nigeria,to Horst Schmidt Klinik, Wiesbaden,Germany, where is presently recuperating from an undisclosed ailment.


The secrecy around her ailment ,has given rise to speculations,with diverse reports mentioning stress, food poisoning, appendicitis and fibroid tumours.

If the silence from official quarters suggests consent, it could therefore be believed that the first lady was first diagnosed with food poisoning at the Aso Rock clinic, but, when the situation worsened, she was flown to a German hospital that detected a ruptured appendix or troublesome fibroids that had to be removed.

Online reports (not NigeriaFilms), have however suggested she might have had a mishap, during a tummy tuck procedure, in Dubai. It further fingered her close friend, Hajia Bola Shagaya,as the one, who persuaded her to enhance her look, with the surgery.

When NigeriaFilm sought the popular billionaire business woman,she debunked the tale. Over the phone, she fumed, claiming not be in Dubai with First lady when,she allegedly ate the so-called lethal food.

According to her, “I don’t know why you are blowing it beyond it’s proportions.You people have written different kinds of stories.

“She was hospitalized because of the food, she ate and she is now getting better. I didn’t persuade her to undergo any procedure. You know ,we just finished fasting, I was in Saudi when it all happened. I was not with her in Dubai,” the top society woman retorted