WIFE of former President Goodluck Jonathan,
Patience, was stopped from using the VIP lounge
of the Port Harcourt International Airport, barely
two months after her husband left office.
The former first lady, who was in Port Harcourt
for the burial of her late Chief Security Officer
(CSO), Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was said to
have been shot dead on Airport Road, Abuja,
penultimate Friday, was said to have been
denied access to the VIP lounge, commonly used
by dignitaries.
Staff members at the airport were said to have
denied her access to the lounge on “orders from
above.”
“Mrs Jonathan was on her way to the burial of
her late CSO, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was
allegedly shot dead by unknown assailants
penultimate Friday.
“Igbomie’s corpse was found in his Honda
Accord car on Airport Road, Abuja, with all his
phones, wallet and other personal effects intact
in the car.
“Last Friday, July 17, the former first lady
arrived Port Harcourt International Airport and
made for the VIP lounge as had been the norm.
However, she was practically locked out and
prevented from accessing the lounge.
“All efforts by the former president’s wife and
the few people by her to pacify the security
agents at the airport to allow the protocol were
rebuffed, as they stood their ground claiming that
they had ‘orders from above,’” a source who
witnessed the scene said.
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