[size=14pt]Nigeria's ailing President Yar'Adua breaks silence[/size]

President Umaru Yar'Adua has been abroad for weeks

Nigeria's president, who has not been seen since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia for heart treatment in November, has told the BBC he is recovering.
In his first interview since then, Umaru Yar'Adua said he hoped to make "tremendous progress" and to return to Nigeria to resume his duties.
Nigerian opposition parties have been demanding evidence about the true state of Mr Yar'Adua's health.

A rally has been called for Tuesday, mainly to protest over his absence.
There are three different court cases under way calling for power to be transferred to the Vice-President, Goodluck Jonathan.
Mr Yar'Adua is also known to have kidney problems.

'Save Nigeria'
Speaking by telephone, Mr Yar'Adua said he was making a good recovery.
"At the moment I am undergoing treatment, and I'm getting better from the treatment. I hope that very soon there will be tremendous progress, which will allow me to get back home," he said.
"I wish, at this stage, to thank all Nigerians for their prayers for my good health, and for their prayers for the nation."
Rumours had been rife that he was critically ill and unable to return to the presidency.

Under the banner Enough Is Enough, an organisation called the Save Nigeria Group called people on to the streets of the capital, Abuja.
There is a perceived danger of a power vacuum in a country which only saw the back of military rule just over 10 years ago, the BBC's Will Ross reports from the city.
The opposition plan is to march to the national assembly where senators are expected to be discussing the president's health.
Prominent opposition politicians and lawyers, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and the Biafran secessionist leader, Chief Emeka Ojukwu, will be among the demonstrators.

It is not clear if the demonstration will be well attended, our correspondent says.
Nigerians may be worried about their absent president but whether they will take time off to demonstrate is another matter, he adds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8453321.stm

We will like to hear the audio recording.

I don't even believe he can speak or he is even alive.
Power should be handed over to Goodluck Jonathan, who can either wobble on to 2011 or declare a state of emergency and get people locked up.

he will speak to BBC not NTA because it will be easy for Nigerians to tell that the voice is that of Esau but the body of Jacob.
To the BBC reporter, all northerners sound alike.
Did BBC play the audio on their radio station?

FL Gators:

Like seriously, who cares  if he's getting better?

The koko of the matter is relinquishing his presidency to a potent candidate.

Thank you my sister.
Even if the man appears in the stars from heaven, what kind of cure would that be for Nigeria? The country has become so useless that we couldn't even call common Niger republic to order. Imagine common Niger that gets all its exports through Nigeria!
We are ruled by primitive people who cannot understand how others view us;
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[li]Army bombs a festival in Niger Delta and straffs the survivors by helicopter gunship[/li]
[li]President goes missing[/li]
[li]Mutallab - there is nobody to represent Nigeria[/li]
[li]Kala Kato[/li]
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How do this primitive "leaders" think foreigners view us?

mbulela:

he will speak to BBC not NTA because it will be easy for Nigerians to tell that the voice is that of Esau but the body of Jacob.
To the BBC reporter, all northerners sound alike.
Did BBC play the audio on their radio station?

Exactly!

FL Gators:

Like seriously, who cares if he's getting better?

The koko of the matter is relinquishing his presidency to a potent candidate.

Can't you at least wish the poor man a speedy recovery ?

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how are we sure, it was Yaradua that was behind the phone?

why was the call coming at the eve of the save Nigeria rally and NAS debate?

Somebody somewhere is fooling some people, but not me.

OAM4J:

how are we sure, it was Yaradua that was behind the phone?

why was the call coming at the eve of the save Nigeria rally and NAS debate?

Somebody somewhere is fooling some people, but not me.

Don't mind them. They want to use voodoo to blind us. He hasn't called Obama, but he is speaking to the very same BBC that declared he wasn't in Saudi only a couple of days ago.

Most people will be disappointed when yaradua finally comes back,

~Bluetooth:

Most people will be disappointed when yaradua finally comes back,

What would the dissapointment be, that our country is decaying? Is the name of the country now "Yar Adua"?

Nigeria has decayed a very long time ago and yaradua's death will not change anything than add more problem to the country.i mean politically

~Bluetooth:

Nigeria has decayed a very long time ago and yaradua's death will not change anything than add more problem to the country.i mean politically

Nobody is praying for his death, we just want him replaced. He is as ineffective as a door knob.

Then lets wish him well so that he can come and handover to whoever he wishes but anyhow i understand your pain beaf

mbulela:

he will speak to BBC not NTA because it will be easy for Nigerians to tell that the voice is that of Esau but the body of Jacob.
To the BBC reporter, all northerners sound alike.
Did BBC play the audio on their radio station?

ROFLMAO!!!

And the confusion continues

See what's on CNNireport


http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-380636

fyneguy:

And the confusion continues

See what's on CNNireport


http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-380636

Unfortunately, iReport carries unverified citizen news.

Never knew there are many d u m m i e s on nL.that america chronicle report has been taken off from the main site because ir was a speculation.ireport is just a copy and paste stuff wherw you can also make a report,i mean like a forum m r fyneguy

Na wa for all these "he's dead" and "he's still alive" threads.

We'll never know. . .I guess, for now anyway. All I know is that the country is in a hot mess, the VP better do something.

Why cant Yar'liar speak with FRCN or NTA on live broadcast to Nigerians?

So say the BBC, Has anyone seen him on TV?

The BBC TV broadcasted the voice of Yar-adua 30 minutes ago, He sounds almost in pain. He said he hopes to return to Nigeria to his duties soon. It sounds like a telephone interview.

experto:

The BBC TV broadcasted the voice of Yar-adua 30 minutes ago, He sounds almost in pain. He said he hopes to return to Nigeria to his duties soon. It sounds like a telephone interview.

Sorry, but to me, that was neither his voice nor was the accent 100%.

If that man comes back and resumes his duty as the President then we would soon be losing our place on the world map.

.hmmm

Historical marriage and antecedents of the British helping the North to rule Nigeria makes me highly sceptical of all this Yar-Adua Audio . . .

If he can talk to BBC why not Nigerians . . .

Why not a Video report showing him live . . .


British Intelligence are not that stupid . . .


Can the British Intelligence please trace the call and tell us where the call is emanating from exactly. . . so that we can know where Yar-Adua is really . . . since they are claiming that its Yar-Adua.


Why did BBC get an interview a day before the planned protest march . . .


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See where am I going with this . . .

who do we now believe, bbc or cnn as it is Nigerian dailies do not know anything

D interview was in november, if there was any at all, read d link very well. Bullshit

Sounded like he was about to drop dead.