Nigeria 's president said in a phone interview that he is alive and recovering from treatment . President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua this week gave his first media interview since being admitted to a hospital in Saudi Arabia in late November where he is being treated for acute pericarditis , an inflammation of tissue around the heart . Yar'Adua has not been seen since leaving Nigeria for treatment in Saudi Arabia in late November . His absence has created a power vacuum in the African Parliament . Protesters , the media call for more information on his whereabouts and state of health .
Nigeria 's president said in a phone interview that he is alive and recovering from treatment . Yar'Adua has not been seen since leaving Nigeria for treatment in Saudi Arabia in late November . His absence has created a power vacuum in the African Parliament . Protesters , the media call for more information on his whereabouts and state of health .