{"id":108093,"date":"2023-09-29T19:09:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T18:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108093"},"modified":"2023-09-29T19:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T18:09:04","slug":"minister-allegedly-poisoned-hospitalised-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/minister-allegedly-poisoned-hospitalised-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister allegedly poisoned, hospitalised in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1778389953435359434\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, has been reportedly hospitalised in the nation\u2019s capital, Abuja, over alleged poisoning.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIt was gathered that the minister is currently undergoing treatment at the Federal Medical Centre in Jabi, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLola Ade-John, 60, was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, shortly after she started manifesting symptoms of her poisoning. She has spent four days at the facility as of Friday morning,\u201d according to a family sources.<\/p>\n<p>The source said Ade-John, a banker and tech investor, has been on a machine to aid her breathing, adding that the specifics as to what substance she ingested and how could not be immediately ascertained.<\/p>\n<p>It further stated: \u201cHer worsening situation has further set the family against the government, with the permanent secretary of her ministry 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA spokesperson for the FMC did not immediately return a request seeking comments about Ms Ade-John\u2019s condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ade-John, who was based in London, the United Kingdom, was appointed as a minister by President Bola Tinubu in August 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, has been reportedly hospitalised in the nation\u2019s capital, Abuja, over alleged poisoning. 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