When former President Musa Yar’Adua was ill abroad for months before coming home to die in 2009, northerners blocked his southern Vice President Goodluck Jonathan from assuming power, creating a months-long political paralysis.
Wakati Rais wa zamani Musa Yar'Adua alipokuwa mgonjwa nje ya nchi kwa miezi kadhaa kabla ya kurudi nyumbani kufariki mwaka 2009, watu wa kaskazini walimzuia Makamu wake wa kusini Goodluck Jonathan kutwaa mamlaka, na hivyo kusababisha kupooza kwa kisiasa kwa miezi kadhaa.