Ex-First Lady Patience Jonathan Allegedly Prevented Domestic Workers from Burying Late Daughter

After being imprisoned for more than five years on the purported orders of former First Lady Patience Jonathan, Deborah Erema, a Nigerian woman, has been unable to bury her daughter.
A domestic worker in the Jonathan family, Erema was arrested in 2019 along with 14 other employees on suspicion of stealing jewelry from the former First Lady.
Erema and the other inmates have been detained since their arrest, with many of them separated from their families, despite the fact that they were not found guilty.

Unfortunately, Erema’s daughter died while she was incarcerated after she struggled to care for her family alone.

SaharaReporters was informed by a person familiar with the matter that Erema’s daughter, who had been fighting to provide for her mother and younger brother, eventually became unwell and died.
Deborah Erema’s daughter passed away. After years of battling alone to support her mother, Erema Deborah, and her younger brother, Precious Kingsley, who is also present with his mother, she passed away.

According to the source, “the sad part is that she was not allowed to leave to bury her daughter.”

The source also disclosed the sorrow of Tamunokuro Abaku, another prisoner, who lost his older brother, who served as his sole support system while he was incarcerated.

According to the report, “Tamunokuro Abaku also lost his older brother, who was the foundation of his younger brother’s health.”

Since Erema’s mother was incarcerated and her brothers needed to be cared for, her daughter had been left to handle everything by herself.

She had two or three children and was a single mother. She found it too much to handle when the mother’s predicament was added. She became unwell and eventually passed away,” the insider continued.

Families Are Not Allowed to See Detainees
Further casting doubt on the legality of the workers’ continued imprisonment, the families of the detained employees have voiced their annoyance, saying they have been denied the opportunity to visit their loved ones.

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They threatened to prevent our relatives from going to see them while they were at the station. And we haven’t been permitted to see them yet,” a detainee’s relative said.

Salome, a sickle cell disease patient who was detained at four months pregnant, is the subject of another unsettling instance. According to sources, the way she was treated under Patience Jonathan’s orders was “wicked.”

What about the woman who was caught and had to endure her wickedness? She had sickle cell illness and was four months pregnant. Salome is her name, according to a source.

After giving birth while in custody, Salome was eventually given bail, but only under strict guidelines. The source described the horrific ordeal she went through while confined.

“After giving birth while in custody and nearly dying at the Federal Medical Center with chains on her legs to the bed, she was granted bail with absurd bail conditions,” the insider revealed.

Salome has had health issues ever since her release and has never fully recovered from the trauma of her experience.

“No, sir. She is out there, but she is admitted to the hospital on and off. After giving birth this way, her health never stabilized,” the source continued.