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Nigeria president 'sound and fit'

NIGERIA'S President Umaru Yar'Adua is "sound and fit" in hospital in Saudi Arabia, but it is unclear when he will be able to return home, Nigeria's ambassador said yesterday.

The president has been absent from Nigeria for more than a month receiving treatment for a heart condition in Saudi and there have been few updates on his health.

"He is recuperating in a royal suite attached to the hospital for VIPs. He is sound and fit, he sits, eats and walks very well. He is recuperating to have enough rest before he goes back to the office," Abdullah Aminchi, Nigeria's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said. Asked when the president may return to Nigeria, Aminchi said: "It is the doctors who will say when."

The government is under pressure to provide evidence Yar'Adua is fit enough to govern the African country. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has been presiding over cabinet meetings but executive powers have not officially been transferred, leading the Nigerian Bar Association and a prominent human rights lawyer to challenge the legality of decisions made in Yar'Adua's absence.

 

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