It
has been revealed how Minister of Information, Lai mohammed in 2010,
demanded for a visual proof of the then ailing President Umaru Musa
Yar'adua in 2010.
Yar'adua & Jonathan
A Nigerian opposition party on Monday demanded visual proof that an
ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua was fit enough to govern after weeks in
hospital overseas.
Yar'Adua, 58, has been absent from Africa's most populous country
and biggest energy producer for more than a month receiving treatment
for a heart condition in Saudi Arabia, but there have been few updates
on his health.
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has been presiding over cabinet
meetings but executive powers have not officially been transferred to
him, leading to questions over the legality of decisions made by the
government in Yar'Adua's absence.
The opposition Action Congress party said the government must provide "concrete evidence" of
Yar'Adua's physical condition, suggesting a dated video recording of
the Nigerian leader in his hospital room in Saudi Arabia.
"It is necessary for President Yar'Adua, if indeed he is
recovering as Nigerians have been praying he does, to move fast to
reassure his compatriots that the rumors surrounding his ill health are
unfounded," said Lai Mohammed, spokesman for Action Congress.
A presidency spokesman declined to comment on the demands.
Political analysts and senior lawyers say affairs of state are
already being affected by Yar'Adua's prolonged absence, pushing Nigeria
to the brink of a constitutional crisis.
Vice President Jonathan said on Friday he was hopeful Yar'Adua
would return soon and continue as president with "renewed vigor and
vitality."
But the opposition party said government assurances over Yar'Adua's
health were no longer enough and Nigerians wanted to decide for
themselves.
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