By Uzair Adam
Hajiya Dada Yar’adua, the mother of Nigeria’s former president, the late Umaru Musa Yar’adua, has passed away.
She died on Monday evening at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Katsina after a short illness.
Hajiya 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 the Army.
The family is expected to announce the burial arrangements at a later date.