President Buhari loses sister in-law

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- President Muhammadu Buhari has lost his sister in-law, Hajiya Aisha Mamman

- She died at the age of 75

- The deceased was the wife of the late Alhaji Mamman Danbaffale, the elder brother to Buhari

A sister in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajiya Aisha Mamman, is dead.

Independent reports that Mamman, 75, died in the early hours of Thursday, February 8.

NAIJ.com gathered that the information officer of the Daura Local Government Council in Katsina, Alhaji Salisu Haro, made the disclosure in in Daura.

He said the deceased died at 11:30 a.m. at the Federal Medical Center in Katsina during a brief illness.

Haro said that the deceased was the wife of the late Alhaji Mamman Danbaffale, the elder brother to Buhari.

He said that Mamman was survived by eight children, including Fatihu Mamman, a staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Hajiya Rbiya Mamman, a nutrition officer with the Katsina state government.

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Haro said the deceased had since been buried in Daura in accordance with Islamic injunction.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari mourned former Vice President of Nigeria, Alex Ekwueme, who died on November 19 in a London clinic.

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