Nigerian crisis, continued
Given the inability of the courts to enforce orders and the questionable constitutionality of a cabinet resolution, I don't know how much weight to give to the headlined facts. However, when the former president speaks, that's likely to have more influence on events. Watch for more developments.Nigeria cabinet to decide on leader
Nigeria's High Court has ordered the cabinet to pass a resolution within a fortnight on whether the ailing president is capable of ruling the country...
Opposition groups have been calling for the president to step down and on Thursday, thousands of people rallied in Lagos demanding his resignation.
Also on Thursday, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's former president, suggested that his ailing successor should step aside.
"If you take up a job, elected ...and then your health starts to fail you and you will not able to deliver, to satisfy yourself and satisfy the people you are supposed to serve, then there is a path of honour and path of morality," Obasanjo said...
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:04 AM
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Timeline: Tensions in Nigeria
"Nigeria's population of more than 149 million people is made up of over 250 ethnic groups.
"It is also split along religious lines with Muslims making up about 50 per cent of the population, Christians 40 per cent and the remaining 10 per cent registered as professing indigenous beliefs.
"Religious and ethnic tensions have frequently been strained..."
[Timeline from 2000-2010 follows.]
Nigeria Senate presses President Yar'Adua to cede power
"Nigeria's Senate has called on President Umaru Yar'Adua to provide a letter saying he is sick, allowing the country's vice-president to take power.
"'We... urge the President... Yar'Adua to formally notify the National Assembly of his medical vacation,' said Senate leader David Mark.
"However, the cabinet has ruled that the president is still capable of running the country..."
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