May 05
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 21:09 · 89 words · print
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, whose election marked the country's first peaceful transition of power from one civilian to another, has died following a debilitating illness that sparked a leadership crisis in Africa's most populous country. He was 58.
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Spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said Yar'Adua died at the Aso Rock presidential villa with his wife Turai at his side. Adeniyi and other officials did not give a cause of death.
Yar'Adua had a long history of kidney ailments and recently suffered from an inflamed heart.
Rest In Peace, President Yar'Adua.
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