Yar Adua Dead

Latest News Updates About Yar Adua, Yar Adua Is Dead, Nigerian President Dead: Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’Adua, who was ill for a long time, has died at Aso Rock presidential villa here.

The 58-year-old leader died between 9:30 and 10:30 pm (local time) yesterday, according to a report on the website of Nigerian newspaper ‘This Day’. The late president, survived by his wife Turai Yar’Adua and nine children, would be buried today according to Muslim rites.

His aides said he was suffering from acute pericarditis and was taken to Saudi Arabia for treatment. An information ministry official confirmed his death adding that statements would be issued later since the news came suddenly.

Born on August 16, 1951 in an aristocratic Fulani family of a former governor of Lagos state, his early education started at Rafukka Primary School and later he joined Dutsinma Boarding Primary School.

He went to Ahmadu Bello University from 1972 to 1975, earned a BSc in Education and Chemistry there, and then returned in 1978 to acquire an MSc Degree in Analytical Chemistry.

Yar’Adua became the governor of northern Katsina State after joining the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from a Leftist political background.