Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua, long plagued by poor health, has died at age 58, almost three months after his vice-president assumed control of Africa’s most populous nation, Yar’Adua’s spokesman said.
Yar’Adua died Wednesday at the Aso Rock presidential villa with his wife Turai at his side, presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi told The Associated Press, his voice cracking with emotion. Adeniyi did not give a cause of death.
A Muslim, Yar’Adua will be buried before sundown Thursday afternoon in his home state of Katsina, said Ima Niboro, a spokesman for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.
Thursday will be a national holiday and the country will observe seven days of mourning for Yar’Adua.
In a statement, Jonathan said all the nation could do is “take solace in the fact that the Almighty is the giver and taker of all life.”
“Nigeria has lost the jewel on its crown, and even the heavens mourn with our nation tonight,” Jonathan said.
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Great news that another African FOOL and a THIEF is gone who worked for the Slave
Masters.