Buhari Mourns Dada Yar’adua, Mother Of His Friend, Shehu

The Former President of Nigeria,  Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed his condolences to the family of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, the government and people of Katsina state following the demise of the family matriarch, Dada Yar’Adua.

GWG.ng reports that the late Dada was the mother of the late President, Umaru Musa, and the senator representing Katsina Central, Abdulaziz Yar’Adua.

Buhari recounted that Dada, who was the mother of his friend and classmate, late Musa Yar’Adua, was also a mother figure to him.

In condoling with the family on the demise of the matriarch of the Yar’Adua family, the former president said the “news of the passing of Dada was extremely sad.

In a brief message signed by Garba Shehu, Buhari said, “She was a mother who cared for her family as she did us, the friends of her children.

“Her virtuous life was an inspiration to us and all who came close to her; her righteousness and high values of life gave the country a set of successful and patriotic leaders. May Allah grant her Jannatul Firdaus.”

GWG.ng earlier reported that Dada Yar’adua died on Monday evening at the age of 102.

Dada was widely respected as one of the few women to have birthed top politicians in Nigeria’s history, including Umaru, a former President and two-time governor of Katsina State; Shehu, who was the ex-Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, under the military regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo; and Abdulaziz, Chairman, Senate Committee on Army.

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