MY WIFE WAS ILL, SHE IS RECUPERATING- JONATHAN Speaking at the just concluded media chat, President Goodluck Jonathan said that his wife Patience was ill but she is recuperating. The president said this in response to a question. He said the wife joined him and others for church service sunday morning. His statement contradicts the earlier position of the presidency spokepersons who claimed that Dame Patience was taken to Germany for 'rest'.