Former Nigerian First Lady Patience Jonathan has ruled out a return to the Presidential Villa, citing the immense stress of being in the public eye.

Mrs. Jonathan made this known at a public event on Friday, June 28.

"If you call me now for villa, I won't go there. I won't. Don't you see how young I am? The stress is so much," the former first lady said in a TVC video posted on X.

She added: "The stress of Nigeria is so much. If God manages to bring you out of it, you should glorify God and thank him. It is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.

"He has taken you there once; why do you want to go there again? Me I won't go oo!!!''

Who is former First Lady Patience Jonathan? Patience Faka Jonathan is from the respectable Christian family of Chief Lazarus Iwari-Oba in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state.

She is a former First Lady of Nigeria and the wife of the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck, Jonathan, who served from 2010 to 2015. She has also served as a permanent secretary in her native state of Bayelsa.

Jonathan's re-election bid in 2015 was unsuccessful, with him losing to Muhammadu Buhari. In the buildup to the 2023 polls, some political groups attempted to persuade Jonathan to make another presidential run, but these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.