Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday said she
was not related to one Christopher Awai who reportedly drowned at the
swimming pool of an Abuja-based hotel.Media reports had it that the
deceased who met his untimely death during a party organised by Ijaw
students of the University of Abuja as part of activities marking
their week was Mrs. Jonathan's nephew.But a statement by her
spokesman, Ayo Adewuyi, quoted the President's wife as saying that she
had no link with the deceased.According to the statement, a woman
mentioned in the media report as having petitioned the police on the
death is also not Mrs. Jonathan's younger sister as reported.The
statement read, "Our attention has been drawn to media reports linking
one Christopher Awai who allegedly drowned in the swimming pool of
Agura Hotel, Abuja to the First Lady, Dame (Dr) Patience Faka
Jonathan."This is to clearly state that the said Christopher Awai has
no link whatsoever with the First Lady and as such, he is not a nephew
of the First Lady."We also wish to state without any iota of
equivocation that Madam Esther Ebiere Gbonkumor who was mentioned in
the news reports as the immediate "younger sister" of the First Lady
is not in any way related to Dame (Dr) Patience Faka Jonathan."Madam
Gbonkumor was said to have petitioned the Inspector General of Police
on behalf of the family 'demanding a full corona inquest into Awai's
death.'"It is an unfounded rumour which the First Lady knows nothing
about and we will like the public and well meaning Nigerians to note,
for the purpose of accurate record and common good."
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