By Paul Okade Jr
On the 5th of May 2010 Nigeria lost one of its
greatest sons. President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua may
only have led the nation for 24 months, but in that
short space of time he exemplified leadership in its
purest form and gave the nation a glimpse of what it
could become. He was a selfless and a humble politician whose sole desire was to better the lives of all
Nigerians irrespective of their religious dispositions or
geopolitical origins.
President Yar’Adua was born and raised as a Mus-
lim, but he never allowed his religious beliefs to
interfere with his politics because he understood that
all Nigerians whether they’re Muslim, Christian,
Traditionalists, Witches, Wizards, idolaters or any
other belief are all human beings who require housing,
healthcare, education and all other things