The Presidency, through President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special
Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad has remembered Umaru Musa Yar’Adua,
Nigeria’s former President who died exactly 10 years ago.
Yar’Adua, the 13th President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria died on May 5, 2010.
He was governor of Katsina State from 29 May 1999 to 28 May
2007 and was declared the winner of the controversial Nigerian presidential
election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.
Yar’Adua passed away at the Aso Rock presidential villa
after his arrival from Saudi Arabia where he went for medical treatment for
Pericarditis.
In a tweet he shared in remembrance of the late Nigerian
leader, the presidential aide wrote, “Time flies really so fast, exactly ten
years without former President, late Alhaji Umar Musa Yar’adua, who died on May
5th, 2010.
“It was a devastating night. May Jannah al-Firdaus be his
final abode. Allah ya jikan sa, ya gafarta masa.”
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