Former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, yesterday debunked reports that his wife, Mrs. Jane Nnamani, died from tummy tuck complications.
He also dismissed claims that he is suffering from stroke.
The ex-Chairman of the National Assembly, who addressed reporters in Abuja, said he was in Germany for medical check-up when his wife died.
He noted that his wife suffered diabetes, which might have led to the complications from the lipoma surgery his wife had.
He explained that lipomas are harmless, fatty tumours that can form under the skin.
“They are usually painless and do not require treatment,” he said.
Nnamani noted that it was unhealthy for some people, for whatever reason, to go to the social media to spread falsehood about the death of his wife.
He added that even if the falsehood was political, there should be a limit to everything.
He said: “I lost my wife on the 4th of May while I was in Germany for a medical check-up.
“Her demise has created a huge vacuum. She played a role in raising our kids.
“When I was the President of the Senate, my wife stayed back in the United States of America to take care of my children and guide them through school.
“She didn’t rush to Nigeria to answer the title of the wife of the President of the Senate. She focused on building the family.
“It’s a major loss to me and my family.
“So I had to return to brief my primary constituency, the media, on what has happened.
“Whatever we achieved in the National Assembly, it was the media that made it possible.
“They played a major role in what is now called the Third Term Agenda.
“I read on social media that I have stroke and my wife taking care of me had died.
“People are abusing the concept of social media. People are using it to dish out falsehood. It is hard to even control it. This is not good for us.
“People are using the social media to promote malice. “Anybody who has seen my wife cannot associate her with Abdominoplasty or tummy tuck.
“My wife’s death had nothing to do with tummy tuck. She was a paragon of beauty.
“There was no man that ever saw my wife and didn’t admire her beauty.
“Death is for everyone and we will all face it one day.
“She had diabetes. She died from complications from diabetes during the surgery. The diabetes complicated the surgery. She woke up from the surgery.
“They said I have stroke. Anybody can suffer that, but I don’t have it. I only have a small back pain and it comes with age.
“I’ll give her a befitting final burial.”
On what he would miss most in his late wife, Nnamani said he would miss their closeness. His wife, he said, was his confidant in everything, who stood like a rock by him at all times.
“I hate to talk about her in the past. It’s difficult for me to talk about her in the past. She was everything to me. I will miss her closeness to me.