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  • Updated: May 05, 2020

'He Was A President Like No Other', Jonathan Remembers Late Musa Yar'Adua 10 Years After

'He Was A President Like No Other', Jonathan Remembers Late

 

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has described the late Umar Musa Yar'Adua as a 'president like no other'. 

Jonathan, on Tuesday, took to his Twitter handle to extoll the virtues of his former boss on the 10th anniversary of Yar'Adua's death. 

Yar'Adua's death from cardiovascular disease ten years ago, paved the way for his then Vice-President, Goodluck Jonathan, to emerge as the president as laid out by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

He tweeted: "It has been a decade since His Excellency President Umar Musa Yar'Adua was snatched by the cold hands of death. On this day, every year, his image fills our consciousness as a mark of his selflessness, typical modesty and exceptional flair.

"He was a President like no other who lived and died for the sake of his country. He stood on the side of the people, toiling day and night to make their lives better.

"President Yar'Adua built strong bridges of hope, love and understanding for which he became a force for national unity and positive change across our blessed land.

"In many ways he stood out. He had an accommodating spirit and enormous goodwill that secreted a web around our national fault lines to strengthen the bond; thus leaving for his successors the task of reinforcing the band.

"President Yar'Adua no doubt left enduring legacies in his wholehearted devotion to the ideals of democracy, respect for peoples' rights, freedoms and reason for living as well as commitment to the rule of law and laws of equity and justice.

"I will continue to remember President Yar'Adua as a colleague and boss who became my brother and friend. GEJ"

Umar Musa Yar'Adua was governor of Katsina State in northern Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 28 May 2007 and the 13th president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

Yar'Adua won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, under the People's Democratic Party (PDP), 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 on 24 February 2010, where he died on 5 May.

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