Yar’Adua never wanted to be President – Turai
Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua, wife of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has said her late husband never liked politics and didn’t want to be President.
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua died on May 5, 2010, exactly 13 years ago.
In a special interview with BBC Hausa, Turai stated that the late President Yar’Adua was a politician by accident as he never wanted to join politics or plan to be President.
According to the widow of the late President: “All his life, all he ever wanted was to be a teacher, come home from school, sit with his family, and crack jokes till dusk. He wanted no politics or governance but as Allah wills, he joined politics and became the president.”
On how much she misses her husband, especially on the anniversaries of his death, she said: “I think about Yar’Adua every day, and it’s the same for me, anniversary or no anniversary – I think about him and miss him every single day.
“But I am happy on such anniversary days because the nation talks about him, and people across the country come together to say good things about him and pray for him. That truly gladdens my heart”.
