When she was appointed, I advice her not to bring money home, but good reputation – Diezani Husband

Husband to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was allegedly said to have lost her speech ability and later fell into a coma as a result of the complications of cancer she had, was said to have been warn by husband to be careful on how she handle public mony.

Rear Admiral Alison Madueke (retd.), Diezani husband disclosed this in his recently published book titled, ‘Riding the Storms with God on My Side’. Punch

Speaking on the health challenge of his wife, Madueke, who is a former Chief of Naval Staff, said his wife was diagnosed with cancer towards the end of President Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2015, of which she was flown to London for medical attention.

“On Sunday, July 26, 2015, I stepped into my bedroom soon after our brunch to find that my phone was ringing. It was my mother-in-law, Mrs. Beatrice Agama, who was staying with Diezani while she was undertaking treatment. She was sobbing and only managed to inform me that my wife was no longer talking.

“I was in London by 5.30am the following day, Monday, and went straight to see her. Diezani was in a coma. I called an ambulance that arrived 20 minutes later, the attendants bearing a stretcher. They had to get a wheelchair since the lift could not take the stretcher.

“In less than 10 minutes, we were at the emergency intensive care unit of the Harley Street Clinic. Her doctor, Prof. Paul Ellis, a top oncologist, was out of town and had to be recalled.

“Three days later, when Diezani finally came out of the coma, she saw me by her bedside and asked what I was doing in London. She had reacted badly to her Friday chemotherapy treatment. Thank God she pulled through that nightmarish incident and is now fully recovered.”

The Husband who speak on how his wife was appointed in 2007, said in his book, that his wife Diezani accepted a ministerial appointment in 2007, after her appointment, he told her not to focus on money but maintain the good reputation of the family.

He said, “When finally she was appointed Minister of Transportation, I took further time to advise her on the topic of self protection and self preservation in the bureaucracy.

“I finally recited the advice my father had given me upon my appointment as military governor. “Go do your best, don’t bring back money, but bring back my name”

“Later in that administration, she was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources, a position she held until the Peoples Democratic Party lost the 2015 Presidential election.”