The Chief Imam of the National
Mosque in Abuja, Ustaz Musa
Mohammed has said that President
Umaru Musa Yar ’Adua could not
speak coherently when he led two
other Islamic clerics on a visit to the
President at the Presidential Villa in
Abuja weekend.
Ustaz Mohammed however expressed
optimism that Yar ’Adua may resume
duties soon, as “he has improved
remarkably.”
He spoke on the Hausa Service of the
British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC) monitored in Kaduna.
According to him, although they did
not sit close to the President, they
prayed for him and he lifted his
hands while joining them to say
Amen.
The Chief Imam who said the
President was dressed in jumpers
and a cap to match explained that he
was on the visit along with Dr. Datti
Ibraim Ahmed, President of the
Supreme Council of Sharia in Nigeria
and one Sheik Musa Pantami.
He said that they had sought
permission from the First family to
see the ailing President.
“We met him sitting down with his
wife while his ADC stood behind him.
Although we could not hear what he
said, from where we sat we could see
his mouth saying Amen together
with us when we prayed for him.
“In fact contrary to rumours that he
was seriously ill, we saw that he had
improved tremendously and we
believe he could be able to resume
work any moment from now.
“When we were ushered in, we met
the President and his wife seated side
by side while his ADC standing, to his
left side.
“He shook hands with each one of us
beginning with Ibrahim Datti Ahmed,
then myself and the other.
“We then proceeded to the prayer
session where we all rose up our
hands and prayed with the President.
After, he shook hands with us again
and we left at exactly 6:13 pm.
“We were all happy with the situation
we met the President because he has
gained enough strength that would
enable him to resume work, ” he said.
When the BBC asked Ustaz
Mohammed why they did not try to
talk to the President, he said they
were not politicians and that as
Islamic clerics; they were there to
pray for him and to see with their
eyes the President whose state of
health had generated so much
controversy in recent times.
It was reported by a national daily
Friday that Yar ’Adua, who has not
been seen in public since taking ill in
November last year, met with close
friends, associates and clerics on
Tuesday night and also Thursday
evening at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.
According to the reports, on Tuesday,
he met with his businessman friend,
Alhaji Dahiru Manga, a member of the
House of Representatives
representing the Faskari
Constituency, Inuwa Shehu Imam;
and Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi
State, who is his son-in-law.
On Friday, he met with four Islamic
clerics – the Chief Imam of the Abuja
National Mosque Ustaz Musa
Mohammed; leader of the Izala
Muslim sect in Katsina State, Sheik
Yakubu Musa; Sheik Isa Pantami; and
the President of the Supreme Council
of Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN), Sheik
Ibrahim Datti Ahmed.
It was said that a family source said it
would still take “a few more weeks”
for the president to be “fully ready”.
“For now,” the source said, “he will
only meet with friends and associates
as he recuperates from his illness. He
has decided not to meet with any
state official in an official capacity for
now. When he finally decides to do
so, he will start with the leadership of
the National Assembly.”
The source said he was confident the
president would be back to his seat
“ possibly next month”.
It was also not clear when the
president will meet with Acting
President Goodluck Jonathan who has
been holding fort since Yar ’Adua took
ill. www.vanguardngr.com/2010/04/03/the-yaradua-we-saw-abuja-chief-imam/

Dead man he is.

And he has not seen his deputy who has been holding on for him since he went AWOL since last four months. This lies must stop. This man needs to be impeached immediately.

You know, this country will never seize to amaze me. Personally, i think it's all just a publicity stunt to constantly remind Nigerians of his existence and irrelevance. It's almost like a threat, a subtle one.

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BBC again !!

Hmmm, Yar'adua!!!

peacettw ,
What's with the touchline-hugging formatting?
I thought it was a poem at first.

The 'president' of Nigeria choose to meet not with the acting president nor national assembly leaders but with radical Islamic clerics.
What a way to speak without moving your lips.
Nigerians no dull yourself.
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