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Umaru Yar’adua

2007 PDP ticket: Obasanjo hounded Yar’Adua’s opponents – Ken Nnamani

John Ogunsemore Oct 13, 2021 0

Former Senate President Ken Nnamani has alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo imposed his successor, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said that Obasanjo "hounded" the…

Power Movers

Ahmadu Ali: Jonathan didn’t want to be Yar’Adua’s running mate

Adejumo Kester Feb 25, 2018 0

Over the years, different narratives of how ex-President Goodluck Jonathan became running mate to late President Musa Yar’Adua in the 2007 elections, have surfaced. Ahmadu Ali, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at…

Government

Yar’adua Told Me Iran Supplies Arms To The Shi’ites – Sheik Gumi

Anthony Dec 30, 2015 0

Kaduna-based Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi said ex-President Umaru Yar’adua told him of the massive importation of arms and ammunition in parts of the country, citing Iran as a supplier of arms to the Shi’ites. He further…