The activities of these foreigners are as terrible as crimes of igbo people in other African states.

If you don't like the guy why collect his Money? This behaviour of yours is the reason why guys maltreat women in naija.

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Book: Late Nigeria President (Umaru Yar'adua) Wilted Away In Office-AP
Posted: December 9, 2011 - 15:41
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caption: Segun Adeniyi's book
By JON GAMBRELL | AP

Nigeria's late President Umaru Yar'Adua grew so weak while in office that at one stage he needed to be carried by a soldier during a state visit to Togo, ultimately becoming unable to speak in the last weeks of his life, according to a new book by his former spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi. Umaru Yar'Adua died in May 2010 and according to a book written by his former spokesman the ill president became a political pawn in a charade that saw soldiers deployed without authorization and rumors of a possible coup in the oil-rich nation.



LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's late President Umaru Yar'Adua grew so weak while in office he needed once to be carried by a soldier off a runway during a state visit to Togo, ultimately becoming unable to speak in the last weeks of his life, according to a new book by his former spokesman.

The book by Olusegun Adeniyi tells of how the ill leader became a political pawn in a charade that saw soldiers deployed without authorization and rumors of a possible coup float among the elite in the oil-rich nation. It also describes the rise of militancy in the oil-rich country's crude-producing southern delta, including how a militant leader stole thousands of machine guns from Nigerian army depots.

Though portraying his former boss in a largely flattering light, Adeniyi's book shows how tenuous democracy is in a nation plagued by vote-rigging and that cast off military rule only 13 years ago.

"If we will be honest with ourselves, we all know how we rig elections in this country," Adeniyi quotes Yar'Adua as saying during a closed-door January 2008 meeting about the corrupt election that saw him become the nation's leader. "We compromise the security agencies, we pay the electoral officials and party agents while on the eve of the election we merely distribute logistics all designed to buy the vote."

The Associated Press obtained an advance copy of "Power, Politics and Death: A Front-Row Account of Nigeria Under the Late President Yar'Adua" from the author, who now writes a column for ThisDay newspaper. Reuben Abati, a spokesman for current President Goodluck Jonathan, declined to comment on the book. A spokesman for the ruling People's Democratic Party did not respond to a request for comment.

In the book, Adeniyi acknowledges Yar'Adua's ascension to power through a rigged 2007 presidential election. Yar'Adua, already sickly from a chronic kidney condition, weakened quickly under the strain of the presidency.

Those around him tried to protect his image. Adeniyi recounts instructing a cameraman from the state-run television network to film the president from the side only in one instance in 2008 to hide Yar'Adua's swollen face after an allergic reaction.

Yar'Adua then had "minor surgery" in Germany, but could only work a few hours a day, if at all, after the procedure, Adeniyi writes. As he grew sicker, Yar'Adua began receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia with government officials suspecting that "American security agents had penetrated the (German) hospital and had gained access to the president's health profile," according to the book.

At one point during a trip to Togo, the military officer assigned to Yar'Adua had to drape traditional robes over his arm to hide the fact he needed to nearly carry the president off a landing strip, the book claims.

Yar'Adua departure in late November 2009 for a several-month stay at a hospital in Saudi Arabia set up a constitutional crisis that saw government grind to a halt in the OPEC member nation. The National Assembly ultimately voted to empower then-Vice President Jonathan to serve as acting president. Yar'Adua was whisked back into Nigeria's capital Abuja under the cover of darkness days later, apparently unable to talk. He apparently was brought back so those close to Yar'Adua could exert control over Jonathan.

Soldiers deployed to the Abuja airport to escort Yar'Adua home in an ambulance without Jonathan's knowledge, the book claims. The next day, rumors of a possible coup flourished.

"There were fears among (Jonathan's) closest aides he could be shot by the soldiers," the book claims.

It later adds: "Signals from the military were also hazy, with fears that some soldiers could take out both Yar'Adua and Jonathan."

Yar'Adua died on May 5, 2010. Jonathan was sworn in as president the next day.

The book also describes the Yar'Adua-led amnesty program offered to militants in the country's Niger Delta, where foreign oil firms have pumped crude oil for more than 50 years. Despite the billions of dollars earned yearly from oil sales, the region remains desperately poor and polluted.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta was the region's premier militant group, its rise aided by a series of weapons thefts engineered by the group's alleged leader Henry Okah from Nigerian military depots, Adeniyi writes. The theft of thousands of weapons, including pistols, machine guns and rocket launchers, "was so staggering and the crime so well organized that the investigating team could hardly determine the exact amount of arms removed," Adeniyi writes.

Okah, who denies leading the militant group, now faces terrorism charges in South Africa over a dual car bombing Oct. 1, 2010, in Abuja that killed at least 12 people. Six soldiers were sentenced to life in prison over the arms thefts
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@ Kirl I think you are a boko haramist, since you are the source of sucide bomber`s photograph. SS should just arrest you and the whole misery about boko haram will be solved.

Hi Lady,
I read about your misfortune but my advice 4 you is to forget the fool and a complete bushman how could he be so animalistic in behaving like that, anyway he will certainly meet his waterloo in hand real naija girls. Godbless you.

Nobody should direct the responsibility of the violence in the North to CPC, PDP criminals should be blamed for it; they used public funds to buy peoples votes, used thugs to intimidate law abiding citizens,  used their farms and houses as polling station in order to rig in favour for GEJ.  The so called northern elites didn't rig because they like GEJ but with him is a sure way to free money. They are not sure of what Buhari will do to them and their ill gotten wealth. In fact CPC is the only party that can fight corruption. All these blah blah blah on CPC and violence is just a delusion and we need to grow up as Nigerians and fight corruption. The northern youths are aware of the fact that their problem lies the elites.

We cant continue to deceive ourselves that Nigeria is a democratic state even when our elections always turn out to be the most fraudulent. Therefore it is imperative  that we get right it is absolutely shameful for foolish individuals in NL blinded by sentiment to be celebrating another fraudulent election in the history of this country. There are several  small countries in Africa enjoying democracy why not Nigeria.

@adhijo thank you very much for making sense, may bless the honest.

I think you are a fool at 40, therefore you are sick and infected from an incurable disease.   Don't come to NL and impersonate yourself as an HAUSA MAN, most of you passing all sorts of comments we no you by the absolute ignorance you display even in an international arena like this. The youths in north are no protesting because BUHARI is a muslim and a northerner but because their mandate was stolen by greedy politicians whose efforts are solely devoted at looting public treasury.   All the youths want is let the process be democratic in all its facets. You fool, PDP  looted several billion dollars from public treasury for themselves and their criminal families. You were born in Nigeria, grew up here without traveling to anywhere. My advice for most of you is travel to just Ghana and see things for yourself then I believe you will be ashamed.

We can only trust GEJ if he publicly denounce relationship with OBJ , let him tell us the bombers of innocent Nigerians ,let him tell us the source of his biscuit money and other monies has shared to his fellow criminals.

GEJ achievement was the appointment of Prof JEGA as INEC boss, unfortunately oh! fortunately the glory will reach him in the creeks as ex-president come may 29 INSHA'ALLAH  .

My friends most you are ignorant of the fact that whenever a simple question is raised just check your dictionary and stop all these illiterate bla bla, The term Nigger or nigga is an American pigeon English derivative of "negro" which is a racial class of black people of sub Sahara African origin. Please stop disgracing Naija by tell the whole world that Nigerians are bunch of ignorant fools.

Most of you passing comment on Nairaland do not understand that IBB is no longer relevant politically that is why he couldn't even wrestle the Northern consensus from Atiku. He was the leader that practically ruined this country, brought Obj to power and further confused this naija, the truth is that IBB, Obj, Ribadu are all working for pdp and they do not mean well. May God be with BB.

This server GEJ right.

Similar mock polls on Gamji BB got 76% approval , how about my fellow Nigerian?

Some corrupt Nigerians like rasputin are the direct benefitiaries of PDP evil regime thats why he is foolishly protecting corruption. God almigthy shall deliver us from the evil tendencies of PDP. vote BB very patrotic Nigerian please.

The problem of Nigeria remains sentiment, that the instrument of control used byPDP to perpetrate evil and suffer the masses of this country. It is high time for us to realise that we are all Nigerians, then come together united against corrupt leaders by electing BB.