It was learnt that the younger sister of the incumbent Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Nancy Jonathan-Olei, is to be buried tomorrow, Friday, January 23, 2015 in Otuoke, Bayelsa State.
This was disclosed in a statement by Special Adviser to the President Reuben Abati.
According to him, a burial programme delivered on behalf of the Jonathan and Otazi families of Otuoke, Mrs. Jonathan-Olei’s body will leave the Otuoke Comprehensive Hospital Mortuary at 9 am for her residence in Otuoke.
Read the statement in part:
“Mrs. Jonathan-Olei’s remains will be received by members of her family at the residence and moved to the Dame Patience Jonathan Square for a Service of Songs scheduled to begin at 10 am. A funeral service for the late Mrs. Jonathan-Olei will be held at the St. Stephen’s Anglican Church at 1 pm after which her remains will be interred.
“President Jonathan is scheduled to participate fully in Mrs. Jonathan-Olei’s burial programme. She is survived by her children, grand-children and siblings including President Jonathan, Sir Ariolo Ebele Jonathan, Mr. Evans Jonathan, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan, Mrs. Dorcas Awo, Mrs. Stella Donald, Mrs. Aziboni Abuge and Miss Dagao-apu Jonathan.”
Jonathan’s later sister, Mrs. Jonathan-Olei passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015. It was reported that she was died during a brief illness at a hospital in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. All Progressives Congress, governors, members of the House of Represantative an the whole Nigeria condolences with the President over is loss.
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