Goodluck Jonathan lors de la cérémonie de prestation de serment le 6 mai 2010 à Abuja
(May 6) -- Amid national mourning, Goodluck Jonathan was officially sworn in today as president of Nigeria following the death of the man whose duties he had been exercising since February.
Jonathan took the oath of office almost 12 hours after the death late Wednesday of Umaru Yar'Adua, 58, who had long been treated for kidney ailments and was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia with heart problems for months beginning last November. His unannounced disappearance then started a period of uncertainty that won't end with Jonathan's assumption of office.
As Jonathan made a brief address in which he said Nigeria had lost "the jewel on its crown" and vowed a tough crackdown on corruption, the body of the former president was being flown to his home region in the north of the country for a traditional Muslim burial
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