by Isi Esene

First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday, made her first public appearance after briefly leaving the country allegedly on a medical trip to Germany.

Mrs. Jonathan who was dressed in a yellow, purple and brown gown (Boubou) with a purple head tie to match was with the president, Goodluck Jonathan, to receive the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Donald Tusk, and his wife, Malgorzata, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Reports say the president’s wife played the perfect host, having brief discussions with the wife of the Polish leader and later seeing her off to her car.

Mrs. Jonathan acknowledged greetings from journalists by waving at them while returning to her official residence.

Dame Jonathan has not been seen publicly since her arrival in the country on Friday. She was noticeably absent at the third Presidential Breakfast Prayer at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa on Saturday.

The event had in attendance members of the diplomatic corps, some governors, ministers, traditional rulers and members of the clergy among others.

While she was out of the country, her media handlers, led by Ayo Osinlu, maintained that the First Lady was abroad to attend to her ailing mother, Mama Sisi, and to spend “quality time” with her children who were holidaying.