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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
(16 August 1951 – 5 May 2010)
[1]
[2]
was a
Nigerian
politician. He served as the President of
Nigeria
and the 13th Head of State.
He became
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. He was a member of the ruling
People's Democratic Party
(PDP).
In 2009, Yar'Adua left for
Saudi Arabia
to receive treatment for
pericarditis
. He returned to Nigeria in 2010, where he died on 5 May.
Umaru Musa Yar'adua was born 16th of August 1951 in
Katsina State
, his father was Mr. Musa Yar'Adua who was a Minister for
Lagos
in the first republic and also held a chieftaincy title of custodian of the royal treasury of the Katsina Emirate.
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