Charity
Nnaji:
Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria has disclosed that he was unaware
of Umaru Yar’adua’s illness, when he selected him as his successor during the
2007 election.
Yar’adua
was declared the winner of the controversial presidential election held on
April 21, 2007, and was sworn in on May 29, 2007.
In
2009, Yar’adua left for Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for pericarditis. He
returned to Nigeria on February 24, 2010, where he died on May 5, 2010.
His
vice president Goodluck Jonathan became president.
In
a book ‘Against the Run of Play’ authored by Olusegun Adeniyi, Obasanjo insists
that Yar’adua’s response to two clarifications he sought from him, convinced
him (Obasanjo) to go ahead with his decision.
“One, the lingering doubts about his health, while
the other was a very pervasive allegation that he had a manipulative wife who
had too much influence on him,” Obasanjo said.
“Not
being a medical practitioner, I gave the report to a friend and renowned
professional in the medical field who reviewed it and told me that the person
in the report was not on dialysis, which meant either he didn’t have a kidney
problem or that he had successfully undergone a kidney transplant.
That was the
report I had about his health,” Adeniyi quoted Obasanjo as saying. From Daily Post
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