The Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade John, has been admitted in an Abuja hospital after she was allegedly poisoned.
Peoples Gazette reports that her family members are apprehensive as they are now running out of time.
According to the report, Lola Ade-John, 60, was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, shortly after she started manifesting symptoms of her poisoning.
The report claims she has spent four days at the facility as of Friday morning.
According to the platform, Ms Ade-John, a career banker and tech investor, has been on a machine to aid her breathing.
The report further claims that her worsening situation has further set the family against the government, with the permanent secretary of her ministry is said to be in disagreement as to whether she should continue receiving treatment at a public hospital or be moved to a better-equipped private facility downtown.
The permanent secretary, Ngozi Onwudike, was said to have insisted that the minister should not be transferred because the FMC is a public hospital and its services wouldn’t attract substantial charges to the government, a position her family rebuffed. But they remained with her as they could not raise funds to move her to a private hospital, our sources said. A phone number for the permanent secretary did not connect on Friday morning.
