Efforts by members of Yar’Adua’s kitchen cabinet to return him to Nigeria soon have so far not yielded any results, but sources told Saharareporters this evening that a “political gang” currently in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia vowed that the sickly leader will be flown home on Wednesday at all cost.
Saharareporters can reveal authoritatively that Yar’Adua has not spoken in person with anyone in Nigeria in the last 72 hours. That includes Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Saharareporters sources have confirmed that contrary to his advertised position on national TV last week Thursday, Mr. Jonathan has certainly not spoken to Yar’Adua since he was evacuated to Saudi Arabia on a medical emergency.
What VP Jonathan Goodluck alluded to, as his contact with the president was his conversation with Yar’adua’s State House chief of protocol, Ambassador Abba Abdullahi Tijjani.
A team of politicians led by Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki; Bauchi State governor, Isah Yuguda; Katsina State governor; Ibrahim Shema and businessman Aliko Dangote are hanging around in Jeddah with the hope of returning with Yar’Adua on Wednesday. That state governors have no problem abandoning their states is proof that the game is loyalty, not service.
