Despite the uncertain origins of the foolish day, April Fool’s Day is a holiday where people play pranks on each other all across the world, and has been celebrated since the Roman times. Nigerians with their remarkable genius for travesty saw in April 1, 2013, yet another opportunity to heat up the polity with a barrage of mischievous and scurrilous media reports announcing the death of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan.
The rumors announcing the death of the wife of the President have been making the rounds on the World Wide Web and have caught a life on its own with Nigerians quoting anonymous sources to confirm or debunk the information, depending on who you talk to in Aso Rock.
There have been unconfirmed reports from some Aso Rock’s staff with regard to the health of the nation’s First Lady, in recent times. According to the reports the first lady’s health is getting worse and some other reports claim the first lady might have died since yesterday, Easter Sunday.
Huhuonline.com can authoritatively report that the First Lady is alive; she is hale and hearty and her last public appearance yesterday was the Easter Lunch she offered guests and a close circle of family friends. Pictures of the lunch shows a resplendent Patience Jonathan dressed in traditional African gear laughing and exchanging jokes with her guests at the dining table.
Dame Patience Jonathan is not dead! She is alive and well. The rumors of her death should be taken for what they really are: April Fool pranks.
