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Umaru Yar'Adua

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The Resume

    (August 16, 1951-May 5, 2010)
    Born in Katsina, Nigeria
    Fula ethnicity
    Attended Government College at Keffi (1965-1969) and Ahmadu Bello University (1972-1975, 1978)
    Acquired Higher School Certificate from Barewa College (1971)
    Governor of Katsina State (May 29, 1999-May 29, 2007)
    President of Nigeria (May 29, 2007-May 5, 2010)
    Died at Aso Rock, Abuja, Nigeria

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a Marxist who criticized his older brother’s ‘capitalist’ tendencies.
    He bought a cigarette all by himself as governor despite his bodyguards’ warnings.
    He was constantly ill during his presidency.
    Katsina State became the fifth Nigerian state to adopt Sharia law when he was his governor (2000).
    He became president through a highly flawed election (2007).
    He left behind a power vacuum back in Nigeria when he was receiving treatment at a clinic in Jeddah (November 23, 2009-February 24, 2010).
    He had two wives.
    His marriage with his second one lasted only five years, which is short compared to his marriage with his first one, which lasted until his death.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He suffered from pericarditis.
    He was a chemistry teacher.
    He was one of a few politicians in Nigeria to publicly declare his own assets and the first Nigerian leader to do so.
    He has a strong will of his own despite his ill health.
    He has proven to his people that he wasn’t merely a puppet of his predecessor as president Olusegun Obasanjo.
    His brother died at the hands of Sani Abacha’s regime (1997).
    He ended tensions in the Niger Delta region (2009).

Credit: Big Lenny


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 76 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 87 Votes: 67.82% Annoying