Nigerian president in Saudi hospital, official says

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has been in a Saudi hospital for several days, a hospital official said on Sunday, as his government insisted he was in good health.

Yar'Adua has been at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, the administrative official told AFP without specifying his medical condition or the treatment he is undergoing.

Saudi military police were seen guarding the hospital, which is run by the Saudi defence ministry and where ruling family members and senior officials are usually treated.

Two Nigerian independent dailies said on Saturday that Yar'Adua, 57, is believed to have undergone surgery in Saudi Arabia.

Nigerian authorities have denied the president is out of the...

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