BREAKING: Former President Umaru Yar’adua’s Mother Is Dead, Details Emerge
- Hajia Dada Yar’adua, mother of former President, Umaru Yar’adua, has passed on at the ripe age of 102
- The deceased passed on at the Katsina Teaching Hospital after a brief illness on Monday evening, September 2
- Dada was also the mother of the late Shehu Musa Yar’adua and Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, representing Katsina Central senatorial district
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Katsina state - Hajia Dada Yar’adua, mother of former president Umaru Yar’adua, and former Vice President Shehu Yar’adua, is dead.
It was gathered that Yar’adua’s mother died on Monday, September 2, at the ripe age of 102.
Source: Twitter
As reported by The Punch, she passed on at the Katsina Teaching Hospital after a brief illness on Monday evening.
The deceased is the mother of former vice president General Shehu Yar’Adua, during the military era (1976-79).
The late ex-president Umaru Yar’Adua (Nigeria’s President, 2007-2010), who died while in office, was also a son of the deceased.
Same as Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua representing Katsina Central senatorial district since 2023 and the current chairman of the Senate Committee on Army.
Legit.ng recalls that the Northern Senators Forum appointed Senator Yar’Adua as its new leader after Senator Abdul Ningi stepped down from the position.
Senator Yar’Adua is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to Channels Television, the family will announce the burial arrangements for the late Hajia Dada later.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Olusegun Obasanjo finally cleared the air regarding his decision to choose late President Yar’Adua as his preferred successor.
The former Nigerian leader disclosed that he knew Yar’Adua was ill, but he was highly recommended.
Obasanjo said the major reason his committee, headed by Dr. Olusegun Agagu, of blessed memory, picked Yar’Adua was that they knew he was honest and corrupt-free.
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