Death of Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua 5th May 2010
Submitted by William Ang'awa Friday, 7 May 2010
Nigerian Umaru Musa Yar’Adua died at the age of 58 years at 9 pm on Wednesday 5th May 2010.
He passed away at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and sources note that it was due to the heart disease he had been suffering. Vice- President Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will take over as per the Nigerian constitution (Section 146 of the 1999 Constitution) until the Nigerian Elections in 2011.
President Yar’Adua was buried in his home town of Katsina, North Western Nigeria on the 6th of May 2010.
Useful Information:
Leadership Nigeria – based in Abuja – Yar’ Adua is dead.
Nigerians Abroad News Magazine – President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Is Dead
Next – Yar’Adua Buried In Katsina
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