The story is from SaharaReporters.
The presidency has paid nearly N1billion to the family of
late President Umaru Yar'Adua, according to an official memo obtained by
SaharaReporters.
The slush funds were routed through the Katsina state
government, the home state of the former president.
The payment includes about N150 million to Mrs. Turai
Yar'adua, as well as the late president's aged mother, his married daughters,
and sons.
It is yet unclear if any provision was made for his second
wife, Hauwa Umar Radda, whom the late president divorced in 1997, shortly
before he became the governor of Katsina state.
Although she has received the biggest payout, it would be
recalled that it was the controversial former First Lady, Turai, who pushed
Nigeria to the brink of a political crisis between 2009 and May 2010 while her
husband was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia. He eventually returned and died
inside the Aso Rock Villa.
Mrs. Yar'Adua was at the head of a cabal of Ministers, aides
and security agents that manipulated the nation for many tense months as they
clung to power, almost leading to the collapse of the government.