Information revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan arrived the country on Monday from Germany after a four day trip, where he was said to have gone to for "a private visit."
It was gathered that the President, whose jet touched down at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 4:32pm local time, was received by his chief of staff, Brig.-Gen. Jones Arogbofa (retd.); minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Muhammed, and the acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba.
Clad in a pair of navy blue suit, a white shirt and his trademark Niger Delta hat, Jonathan went directly into his official residence where he was also received by family members and some close aides on arrival at the Presidential Villa.
He is expected to lead the Federal Government delegation to a service of songs being organised in honour of the late former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, at the Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Garki, Abuja on Tuesday.
It was reported that President Jonathan left the country last Friday, a day after his special adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, had issued a terse statement to the effect that he would be back in the country early this week after a private visit to that country in the company of few of his aides.
News had gone round that the President travelled to Germany to treat an undisclosed illness.
While a dinner for members of the just-concluded 2014 National Conference on Thursday was reportedly cancelled due to the president's illness, effort to reach the President's media team to confirm the said report was futile.
However, speaking to Newspaper on Sunday night, Presidential Spokesman, Abati, allegedly described the report of the president's ill-health as "the figment of the writers' imagination."
According to him, President Jonathan had the right to go on private visits and that was not only hale and hearty but also treating files in his hotel room.
He said, "Before leaving Nigeria, I issued a statement that the president will be embarking on a private visit to Germany with a few of his aides. On Saturday, I sent out a statement that the president spoke with the Falconets on the telephone. I also sent out the video and audio of his conversation with the players where he promised to stay awake and watch the final match.
"The NTA and some other broadcasting stations aired the video and audio. There are also photographs out there showing the president when he was leaving Nigeria and when he was arriving in Germany. The president is hale and hearty. In fact, he is treating files in his hotel room.
"Are these not enough proofs that Mr. President is not sick as they want Nigerians to believe?"
Abati further recalled that a similar private visit embarked upon by the President to Germany last December had sparked reports that he had gone "in search for treatment for ill health.
Well, what matters now is that the President is back, and he is hale and hearty, contrary to reports.
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