Mr Yar'Adua, a former chemistry teacher elected in May 2007, had not been seen in public since last November since he flew to Saudi Arabia to be treated for heart trouble on which he abandoned his people without any official declaration of his whereabouts. He was diagnosed with acute pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane around the heart.In January, reports surfaced that he was "seriously brain-damaged" following medical treatment.
Last month, a man claiming to be the president spoke to the BBC in a three-minute sound bite from some hospital in Saudi Arabia. “I hope that very soon there will be tremendous progress, which will allow me to get back home,” said the weak voice on the audio recording. This offshore president had refused to grant an interview from either the grave or a hospital bed to any newspaper in the nation While earlier this month, senior Nigerian clerics claimed they met the ailing president, saying he had difficulty speaking...mmmmhhh
Cabinet ministers, governors, prominent Nigerians and others have made uninvited visits to the hospital where the president is purportedly holed up, with all being denied access to the ghost of a man. No Nigerian has laid eyes on him since he vanished into thin air on November 23, 2009. Not even his vice-president has seen the man. I wish I knew why this man was hiding...
In his absence, Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as Acting-President through a parliamentary maneuver absent an official word from the president... Under the terms of the constitution, he will now be sworn in as head of state. He will then appoint a new vice president and the pair would complete the rest of the presidential term, which expires in May next year.Lets just hope that Goodluck brings good luck to Nigeria, May the President's Soul Rest in Peace.
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