On her Majesty's Secret Service

Wits in Abuja have taken to referring to First Lady Turai Yar’Adua as ‘Her Majesty’ and her coterie of apparatchiks as the ‘Secret Service’. She organised the clandestine return to Nigeria of her husband, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, on 23 February. Her plan has, at least temporarily, staunched the draining of power away from the Yar’Adua faction, most of whom are presidential appointees or business allies.

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Turai Yar’Adua, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Usman Sa’idu Nasamu Dakingari, Isa Yuguda, James Ibori, David Edevbie, Michael Aondoakaa, Yusuf Muhammed Tilde, Afakriya Gadazama, Dahiru Dodo, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, Israeli, Alon Nelken, Abdul Mustapha, Abdullah Aminchi, Saudi Arabia, Tanimu Yakubu, Muhammadu Adamu Aliero, Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar, Russian, Sani Abacha, Abba Sayyadi Ruma, Dahiru Mangal, Mustapha Onoedieva, Shehu Inuwa Imam, Inuwa Baba, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua

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