The condition of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has improved "tremendously" and he has returned to his country after three months in a Saudi hospital, Nigeria's envoy to Riyadh said on Wednesday.
"Yes he has returned to Nigeria. His condition has improved tremendously," Nigeria's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Aminchi, told AFP.
Yar'Adua left late Tuesday on a private flight from Jeddah, and is believed to have landed hours later at Abuja international airport's presidential wing, with his apparent transfer to an ambulance masked from onlookers.
The government did not give official confirmation of his arrival.
Yar'Adua had not appeared in public or received any visiting Nigerian officials during his lengthy treatment for a heart condition in a Jeddah hospital.
His absence left Nigeria leaderless for weeks until parliament in early February temporarily gave Vice President Goodluck Jonathan presidential powers.
