On This Day: President Umaru Yar'adua

 

On this day, in 2010, Nigeria lost President Umaru Musa Yar'adua GCFR;   4 months after his return from Saudi Aradia where he recieved treatment for pericarditis. 

President Yar'dua served as Governor of Katsina state from 1999 to 2007 under the umbrella of the People's Democratic Party.