Hajia Dada, mother of former president of Nigeria, late Umaru Musa Yar’adua, is dead.

She reportedly died at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina on Monday evening after a brief illness.

Dada was also the mother of late Shehu Musa Yar’adua and Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, the current Chairman, the Senate Committee on Army.

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The burial arrangement will be announced later by the family.

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