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| Nigeria's leader breaks silence | Nigeria's leader breaks silence |
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| Nigeria's president, not seen since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia for heart treatment in November, has told the BBC he hopes to resume his duties. | |
| In his first interview since then, Umaru Yar'Adua said he was recovering and hoped to make "tremendous progress" which would enable him to return home. | |
| Nigerian opposition parties have been demanding evidence about the true state of Mr Yar'Adua's health. | Nigerian opposition parties have been demanding evidence about the true state of Mr Yar'Adua's health. |
| A rally has been called for Tuesday, mainly to protest over his absence. | A rally has been called for Tuesday, mainly to protest over his absence. |
| There are three different court cases under way calling for power to be transferred to the Vice-President, Goodluck Jonathan. | There are three different court cases under way calling for power to be transferred to the Vice-President, Goodluck Jonathan. |
| Mr Yar'Adua is also known to have kidney problems. | Mr Yar'Adua is also known to have kidney problems. |
| 'Save Nigeria' | 'Save Nigeria' |
| Speaking by telephone, Mr Yar'Adua said he was making a good recovery. | Speaking by telephone, Mr Yar'Adua said he was making a good recovery. |
| "At the moment I am undergoing treatment, and I'm getting better from the treatment. I hope that very soon there will be tremendous progress, which will allow me to get back home," he said. | "At the moment I am undergoing treatment, and I'm getting better from the treatment. I hope that very soon there will be tremendous progress, which will allow me to get back home," he said. |
| "I wish, at this stage, to thank all Nigerians for their prayers for my good health, and for their prayers for the nation." | "I wish, at this stage, to thank all Nigerians for their prayers for my good health, and for their prayers for the nation." |
| Rumours had been rife that he was critically ill and unable to return to the presidency. | Rumours had been rife that he was critically ill and unable to return to the presidency. |
| Under the banner Enough Is Enough, an organisation called the Save Nigeria Group called people on to the streets of the capital, Abuja. | Under the banner Enough Is Enough, an organisation called the Save Nigeria Group called people on to the streets of the capital, Abuja. |
| There is a perceived danger of a power vacuum in a country which only saw the back of military rule just over 10 years ago, the BBC's Will Ross reports from the city. | There is a perceived danger of a power vacuum in a country which only saw the back of military rule just over 10 years ago, the BBC's Will Ross reports from the city. |
| The opposition plan is to march to the national assembly where senators are expected to be discussing the president's health. | The opposition plan is to march to the national assembly where senators are expected to be discussing the president's health. |
| Prominent opposition politicians and lawyers, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and the Biafran secessionist leader, Chief Emeka Ojukwu, will be among the demonstrators. | Prominent opposition politicians and lawyers, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and the Biafran secessionist leader, Chief Emeka Ojukwu, will be among the demonstrators. |
| It is not clear if the demonstration will be well attended, our correspondent says. | It is not clear if the demonstration will be well attended, our correspondent says. |
| Nigerians may be worried about their absent president but whether they will take time off to demonstrate is another matter, he adds. | Nigerians may be worried about their absent president but whether they will take time off to demonstrate is another matter, he adds. |