Nigerias præsident burde blive erklæret ‘forsvundet’, mener organisation

En menneskerettighedsgruppe i Nigeria, Human Rights Writers Association, opfordrer landets lovgivere til at erklære præsident Umaru Yar’Adua for ‘forsvundet’ efter seks ugers ophold på et hospital i Saudi-Arabien. Præsidenten bliver behandlet for en hjertesygdom, skriver BBC tirsdag.

ABUJA CITY: The Human Rights Writers Association also wants the National Assembly to send out a search party for him. The president has failed to hand over power to his deputy and so many Nigerians feel there is a power vacuum in the country.

Judges are also due to hear two separate court cases over Mr Yar’Adua’s protracted absence. Rights lawyer and activist Femi Falana wants judges to annul all decisions taken by the cabinet during the president’s absence. In the other case, senior opposition activist Farouk Adamu Aliyu is asking the Federal High Court to sack the president due to his failing health and for failing to abide by the provisions of the constitution.

The National Assembly resumes on Tuesday after its Christmas break and will be faced with the request from the Human Rights Writers Association.

– BBC World writes on Tuesday