January 28, 2010
An unnamed former head of state received the tongue-lashing of his life last night from First Lady Turai Yar'Adua. The call from the First Lady came soon after the "eminent person" returned from a trip in which his group of senior Nigerians called on the Senate and the House of Representatives, and urged Yar'Adua to hand over power in the national interest.
An unnamed former head of state received the tongue-lashing of his life last night from First Lady Turai Yar'Adua. The call from the First Lady came soon after the "eminent person" returned from a trip in which his group of senior Nigerians called on the Senate and the House of Representatives, and urged Yar'Adua to hand over power in the national interest.Hardly had the former Head of State finished dinner when Turai called him on the phone from Jeddah and unleashed a volley of abuses and curses on him, the only publishable one of which is "shameless old man!"
She promised that over her dead body would her sick husband ever transmit a letter to anyone to hand over power to Jonathan. She also threatened that each and everyone of the eminent persons will be dealt and that Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan would regret playing host to the former leaders who had "conspired" with him to "stampede" her husband.
It would be recalled that yesterday, the "Eminent Elders Group" was in the news for urging Yar'Adua to hand power over to the VP, according to constitutional provisions. It included former president Shehu Shagari, Ernest Shonekan, Alex Ekwueme, former Chief Justices Mohammed Uwais and Legbo Kutigi, former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. TY Danjuma, and Professor Jerry Gana.
The group announced that it had taken the common position at a meeting in Abuja that was attended by some former Presidents, Heads of State, former Chief Justices of Nigeria and elder statesmen.
Meanwhile, and as SR reported yesterday, Turai continues to work round the clock to "package" her husband and bring him home for a few days. If the plan succeeds, Yar'Adua will be held in-incommunicado while he fulfills the objectives of the trip, and then returned to Saudi Arabia. But according to medical sources in Jeddah, there is no way Yar'Adua can do anything in the next month or two, if at all.
So far, Turai has succeeded in influencing the judiciary to offer favourable rulings in cases concerning her husband's absence. Only this morning, Chief Judge Dan Abutu scandalously ruled that the constitutional provision for Yar'Adua to transmit a letter to the National Assembly when he is incapacitated is voluntary.
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