Umaru Yar Adua Dead – Nigeria President YarAdua Died
Nigerian president Umaru Yar Adua has died, an official at his office confirmed late Wednesday. Yar Adua died between 9:30 and 10:30 pm (2030 and 2130 GMT) Wednesday, according to a report on the website of Nigerian newspaper This Day.
The president, whose failing health had forced him to relinquish power to his deputy Goodluck Jonathan in February, spent three months being treated in a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for an acute heart condition.
Since his return to Nigeria in February, Adua, 58, had not been seen in public, but there was constant tension between his supporters and those of Acting President Jonathan.
On March 17, he sacked the entire Yar’Adua-formed cabinet, and on Tuesday swore in his own team with less than half of its members drawn from the old government.
Nigerian president dead – yar adua dead,Nigeria’s president, Umaru Yar’adua, has died after a long illness, an official at his office has said.He reportedly died on Wednesday evening at the Aso Rock presidential villa in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.