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Why Jonathan Wasn't At Yaradua's Burial by naijapips04: 2:57pm On May 23, 2021
Here's the report from VOA.

Yaradua was being buried same day Jonathan is being sworn in. And in faraway Katsina.

Buhari was in Abuja. No planned official engagement. His COAS was being buried in the same Abuja and he didn't even care to show up.

You sound stupid defending something like this.


Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua was buried in his home state of Katsina Thursday, less than a day after he died in the capital, Abuja. His former vice president has been sworn in as Nigeria's new leader.

Thousands of people gathered in Katsina's township stadium for the Islamic funeral prayer Salat al-Janazah, seeking God's pardon for President Yar'Adua and all deceased Muslims.

He died late Wednesday at the age of 58, ten weeks after returning from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia for enlarged membranes surrounding his heart.

Senior military officers carried a simple wooden bier into the stadium which bore the president's body wrapped in the national flag of green-white-green.

Mr. Yar'Adua was then buried at Katsina's Dan Marna cemetery alongside his father and brother.

The president had not been seen in public for more than five months. His prolonged medical absence led the National Assembly to make vice president Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria's acting president in February.

Mr. Jonathan took the full oath of office earlier Thursday, saying he received news of the president's death with a deep sense of loss and profound sorrow, saying he has lost not only a boss but a brother.

"While we submit to the will of God as a people of faith, this sad event has placed our nation in deep mourning," he declared. "On behalf of the good people of our great country Nigeria, I stand by our first lady Her Excellency Alhajia Turai Yar'Adua, the children, our mother, Alahajia Abiba Musa Yar'Adua, and the entire Yar'Adua family and offer our heartfelt condolences on the demise of our noble leader," said Jonathan.

President Jonathan says Nigerians must now aspire to uphold the values that Mr. Yar'Adua represented including a commitment to good governance, fighting corruption, and enacting electoral reform ahead of next year's nationwide vote. https://www.voanews.com/africa/late-nigerian-president-buried-katsina

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Re: Why Jonathan Wasn't At Yaradua's Burial by naijapips04: 3:00pm On May 23, 2021
Jonathan at the burial of his NSA.

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Re: Why Jonathan Wasn't At Yaradua's Burial by ceejay10(m): 3:03pm On May 23, 2021
This sham of a government were elected to correct the alleged ills of PDP. Six years down the line, it's still enmeshed in blame games and comparisons. Worst government ever.

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Re: Why Jonathan Wasn't At Yaradua's Burial by 1nigeriamyfoot: 3:06pm On May 23, 2021
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Re: Why Jonathan Wasn't At Yaradua's Burial by nyiamfrank: 3:22pm On May 23, 2021
Good reason

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Re: Why Jonathan Wasn't At Yaradua's Burial by lastcall: 3:59pm On May 23, 2021
You people should just hurry up and pack your load. This government is of no benefit. Bunch of wankers

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