Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died on this day, May 5, 2010. He was born on 16
August , 1951. He was the 13th President of Nigeria. He served as
governor of Katsina State in northern Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 28 May
2007. He was declared the winner of the controversial Nigerian
presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May
2007. In 2009, Yar'Adua left for Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for
pericarditis. He returned to Nigeria
Yar'Adua was born into an aristocratic Fulani family in
Katsina, his father, a former Minister for Lagos during the First
republic, held the royal title of Mutawalli (custodian of the treasury)
of the Katsina Emirate, a title which Yar'Adua inherited. He attended
Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria from 1972 to 1975, obtaining a B.Sc.
degree in Education and Chemistry, and then returned in 1978 to achieve
an M.Sc. degree in Analytical Chemistry.
Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua
married Turai Umaru Yar'Adua of Katsina in 1975 they had seven children
(five daughters and two sons).Their daughter Zainab is married to Kebbi
State governor Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari. Their daughter Nafisat is
married to Bauchi State governor Isa Yuguda . Yar'Adua was married to
Hauwa Umar Radda as a second wife from 1992 to 1997. They had two
children.
Yar’adua was a lecturer at the College of Arts,
Science, and Technology in Zaria, Kaduna State. In the year of 2000,
during his administration as governor, Katsina became the fifth northern
Nigerian state to adopt sharia, or Islamic law. In 2002 Amina Lawal, a
woman from Katsina, was sentenced to death by stoning by a sharia court
in the town of Bakori for committing adultery; the story attracted
international attention. May Yar’Adua’s soul continue to rest in Peace. Amen
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Commzy James
rip baba
Browayson John Sr.
The best President Nigeria ever had. Rest on hearer and doer. Naija misss u
Bishop George
WOW Endy DID U MEAN HE DIED TODAY??? "Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died on this day, May 5, 2016"
Endy Edeson
@bishop: hahahahaha. seriously, "On This DAY in History, not today but in HISTORY,.