NEW YEAR'S TRAGEDY ... MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE : President Jonathan loses younger sister ... NAN

President Goodluck Jonathan’s younger sister, Nancy Jonathan-Olei, died on Sunday, a statement from the family said.

The announcement is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, in Abuja.

According to the statement, Mrs Jonathan-Olei, 52, passed on in the early hours at a hospital in Yenagoa after a brief illness.

It said that the burial arrangements would be announced later by the family.

(NAN)

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
 

PRESIDENT JONATHAN LOSES SISTER
 

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan  announces with deep sorrow, the passing away of his beloved junior sister, Mrs. Nancy Jonathan-Olei.
 

Mrs. Jonathan-Olei passed away earlier today at a hospital in Yenagoa after a brief illness. She was  52 years old.
 

Burial arrangements will be announced later by  the family.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
January 4, 2015