Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will continue to lead the West African country while President Umaru Yar'Adua recovers, according to agencies' reports on Wednesday.
The reports quoted a statement from presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi as saying that Jonathan will go on to serve as acting president.
"While the President completes his recuperation,Vice President Jonathan will continue to oversee the affairs of state," it added.
The announcement came after ailing Nigerian President Yar' Adua returned to the country on early Wednesday after three months in Saudi Arabia.
The president is now in the intensive care unit built inside in the Presidential Villa in Abuja, a source has said.
Yar' Adua left Abuja on Nov. 23, 2009. He is said to be suffering from acute pericarditis and failed to transmit written information to the National Assembly to empower his deputy to act in his stead.
Jonathan had assumed as acting president of the country earlier this month.
The development came after The acting president has committed to a free and fair elections in the 2011.
Jonathan gave the assurance when he received visiting former U. S. president George W. Bush on Sunday at the Presidential Villa in the capital Abuja.
The Nigerian federal government would work towards ensuring that the electoral process was transparent and reflected the wishes of Nigerians, he said.
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