Here is an extract from Chapter Six of President Goodluck Jonathan’s authorized biography, Wind Of Hope. It focuses on how the President wooed and captured the 1st lady’s heart…….
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“As Goodluck Jonathan embarked on a new and challenging career in
politics, he was supported and strengthened by his partnership with his
wife Patience. Her parents were determined that their daughter would
obtain the best education possible. This decision on their part was
responsible for Patience meeting her future husband at the College of
Education. He was in fact one of her lecturers in the Department of
Biological Sciences.
After concluding his M.Sc. programme,
he focused on his job as a lecturer at the College of Education,
Rumuolumeni, while preparing for his Doctorate. At that time, he taught
students reading for the Nigerian Certificate of Education(NCE) and the
B.Ed. Degree. Many young ladies were among his students. One of them was
the light-skinned young woman from Okrika named Patience Oba.
He found out that her native name Ebifaka, shortened to “Faka”, was
similar to that of his loyal and efficient field assistant, Faka, who
brought him crab specimens from Okrika for his M.Sc. thesis.Although he
had been particularly circumspect in his attitude towards the issue of
developing relationships with students in the past, he began to take
notice of this young lady in his class. Remembering their first
encounters Patience asserts that as her lecturer he first showed an
interest in her because she was conscientious in her academic work.
It never crossed her mind that it would lead to a serious
relationship even though she noticed his good looks. “My first
impression of him was of a tall, dark, handsome young man. I also found
out that he came from a good Christian home, just like I did. His humble
and gentle disposition caught my attention and most importantly, his
intelligence,”she narrated. He approached her on campus one day while
visiting from study leave for his Doctorate and she responded positively
to his suggestion that they be friends.
Goodluck and Patience embarked on a period of courtship, with both
families giving their firm consent. …. The union between Goodluck and
Patience, including their courtship, has lasted for more than two
decades. They finally formalised the union at the marriage registry in
Yenagoa with his close friend, King A.J. Turner, as witness after
Goodluck had become deputy governor.
The family has been blessed with children. Dr. Jonathan also took
charge of the education and upbringing of Faith the daughter of the late
Engr. Ukalizibe Sakwe from Yenagoa LGA who had been the Secretary of
the state PDP chapter after her father died in a road accident in
2000.He treats her as his own daughter along with his three other
children who are; his son Arewera Adolphus,and his two daughters
Aruabai, and Abayola.While his marriage to Patience has weathered both
domestic and political storms she says, “Both of us are from Christian
homes, and our complete trust is in Jesus Christ. We pray together as a
family every morning. What keeps us together is that we are each other’s
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