The mother of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, popularly known as Hajiya Dada, is dead.
Hajiya Dada died on Monday after a protracted illness.
She was aged 102.
One of her sons, Suleiman Musa-Yar’Adua, announced her demise on Monday in Katsina.
Hajiya Dada left behind many children, grand and great grandchildren.
Among her sons is the serving Senator representing Katsina Central Senatorial District, Sen. Abdulaziz Musa-Yar’Adua.
Her funeral prayer is scheduled to be conducted on Tuesday by 1:30 p.m.
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Meanwhile, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commiserated with the Yar’Adua family over the passing of Hajiya Dada.
President Tinubu also extended his condolences to Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua, the people of Katsina State, and to the many lives the late matriarch touched.
According to his media aide, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, in a press statement, the president mourned Hajiya Dada, yet extolled her legacy of compassion, faith, honesty, and good fellowship.
Ngelale said Tinubu prayed for the repose of the soul of the deceased and affirmed that the beloved and remarkable matriarch of the Yar’Adua family would always be remembered for the support, peace, joy, and comfort she offered to many.
