Are you wondering what's going on with Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, who is supposedly in Saudi Arabia recovering from heart surgery but hasn't been seen in two months? Don't ask the State Department, because officials there have no idea.
The Cable spoke with a State Department official working on this issue to see whether Foggy Bottom had a handle on what's going on. There's so much confusion surrounding Yar'Adua's status that the Nigerian high court last week imposed a 14-day deadline for the cabinet to vote on whether he is still capable of ruling.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/01/25/lost_in_nigeria?hidecomments=yes
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