Hajia Dada, the mother of Nigeria’s former president, the late Umaru Musa Yar’adua, has passed away at the age of 102. She reportedly died on Monday at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Katsina following a brief illness.
Hajia Dada was also the mother of the late Shehu Musa Yar’adua and Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army.
The family is expected to announce the burial arrangements for the late Hajia Dada in due course.
Umaru Musa Yar’adua served as Nigeria’s president from 2007 until his untimely death in May 2010. Prior to his presidency, he was the governor of Katsina State from 1999 to 2007.
