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Umaru Yar’adua Dies; Jonathan To Be Sworn In

Saharareporters has confirmed the death late today (Nigerian time) of Umaru Yar’adua who was imposed as Nigeria’s ruler after the fraudulent elections of April 21, 2007. Yar’adua, who was born on August 16, 1951, was aged 59. Our impeccable sources within the Presidency revealed that Yar’adua’s aides have briefed acting “President” Goodluck Jonathan on the former ruler’s transition.

Mr. Yar’adua has had a history of serious mental and physical health troubles for many years. During his time as governor of Katsina from 1999 to 2007, he was hospitalized for several months in a German hospital for kidney-related disease.

During his term as “president,” Mr. Yar’adua was flown abroad several times on sneaky hospital trips that were often cloaked as official trips or hajj. However, Saharareporters exposed the lies and chronicled the deceased ruler’s health woes. Saharareporters had long disclosed that Yar’adua suffered from Churg Strauss syndrome.

Mr. Yar’adua will be buried tomorrow in accordance with Islamic rites. Mr. Jonathan will also be sworn in shortly as president to serve out the remainder of Yar’adua’s term.

Yar’adua’s death closes the chapter on what a Nigerian politician described as “one of the most absurd political theaters in Nigeria’s history.” The absurd drama began last November after Yar’adua was flown to a hospital in Saudi Arabia to undergo treatment for what his personal physician called “acute pericarditis.” In reaction to calls for Yar’adua to hand over power, even temporarily, to his deputy, his politically ambitious and greedy wife, Turai, as well as a cabal around him began to weave tales to the effect that the hospitalized ruler was quite capable of retaining office and offering robust leadership.

In the pre-dawn hours of February 23, Turai and her associates repatriated a still terribly sick Yar’adua back to Nigeria in a high-stake’s bid to retain the reins of power that were slipping from her husband after Nigeria’s National Assembly asked Vice President Jonathan to step in as “acting President”. In order to facilitate the secret return of a bed-ridden Yar’adua to Nigeria, a renegade faction of the Nigerian military secured areas of Abuja, including the international airport.

In interviews this evening with political activists in Nigeria and abroad, there was a consensus that Turai Yar’adua deserves to be arrested and tried for nearly precipitating a political crisis in the country. “The woman’s greed for corrupt enrichment could have brought Nigeria to chaos,” said one of the respondents.

Some of those interviewed also flayed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for imposing a man he knew was sickly on the country.

Saharareporters will bring you updates as they become available.