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resident Muhammadu Buhari has lost two extended family members
in less than 24 hours, the presidency said on Saturday.
A statement
released on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media
and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the president’s extended family had been
struck by the loss of two senior members who died within a few hours of one
another, while naming one of the deceased as Hajiya Halima Dauda, the
younger sister of Mamman Daura.
“She died at
about the age of 56, leaving behind 10 children, four of them male and six
female including one of President Buhari’s Personal Assistants, Mohammed Sabi’u
Tunde,” he said.
Shehu said the
burial was attended by a Federal Government delegation led by the Chief of
Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.
Others on the
team were the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika; two businessmen- Alhaji
Isma’ila Isa and Sayyu Dantata; three Senior Special Assistants to the
President -Sarki Abba, Ya’u Darazo and Shehu; the Director General of the
National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, the Permanent
Secretary, State House Jalal Arabi and the State Chief of Protocol, Ambassador
Lawal Kazaure.
Shehu said the
Buhari family had earlier on Friday buried Hajiya Ai’sha Alhaji Mamman. He
identified the second deceased as the wife of the President’s older brother,
Alhaji Mamman.
Receiving
condolences, Malam Mamman on behalf of the family and the Emir, Alhaji Umar
Faruk for the people of Daura Emirate thanked God for the lives of the deceased
and all the visitors for sharing the moment of grief with them.
PM NEWS
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