Jonathan to bury late sister on Friday

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday attend the burial of his younger sister, Mrs. Nancy Jonathan-Olei, who died on Sunday, January 4, 2015.

Nancy’s death led to a one-day postponement of the inauguration of the president’s campaign organisation earlier scheduled for Monday January 5.

According to Reuben Abati, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, a burial programme issued on behalf of the Jonathan and Otazi families of Otuoke showed that Nancy’s body would leave the Otuoke Comprehensive Hospital Mortuary at 9 am for her residence in Otuoke.

Her 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,” Abati said.

The deceased 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.