Ruth Semilore
Dada Yar’adua, the mother of Nigeria’s former President Umaru Yar’adua and former Vice President Shehu Yar’adua, has passed away.
She died on Monday evening at the Katsina Teaching Hospital after a brief illness.
She was aged 102.
Hajiya Dada Yar’adua 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.
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The family has yet to announce the burial arrangements. Her death marks the end of an era for the Yar’adua family, who have played significant roles in Nigeria’s political history.
The nation mourns with the Yar’adua family as they prepare to lay their matriarch to rest.
