Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated

Date: 29 May 2007
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated

President Musa Yar’Adua was inaugurated as President of Nigeria, after the April 2007 elections. President Thabo Mbeki visited Nigeria for the inauguration ceremony of President Musa Yar’Adua, where he offered to help improve Nigeria’s electoral system. President Yar’ Adua’s inauguration ceremony was successful despite his rivals’ disputing the April election’s results. His main rivals were MuhammadBuhari of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) and Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

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02Yar'Adua, Umara, M., (2010), 'Umaru Musa Yar'Adua biography', from Biography, 3 June, [online], Available at www.biography.com [Accessed: 03 June 2014]

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South African History Online. (2012, May 25). Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083942

South African History Online (2012) 'Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated', South African History Online, 25 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083942 (Accessed: 29 August 2026).

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