Breaking: Late President Musa Yar'adua's Mother Passes Away

• Dada Yar'adua, 102, passed away. 
• She was the mother of former Supreme Headquarters Chief of Staff Shehu Yar'adua and former President Umaru Yar'adua.

FinepapaTv learnt that she died at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Katsina State on Monday evening.

Dada is regarded as one of the select few women in Nigerian history to have given birth to prominent politicians, such as Umaru, a former president and two-term governor of Katsina State; Shehu, the former Chief of Staff of the military regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo; and Abdulaziz, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Army.

The news of her death has drawn prayers and condolences from well-meaning Nigerians.

The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, paid a condolence visit to the Yar’adua family late Monday. This was revealed in a tweet by his aide on Digital Media, Isah Miqdad, tweeting as #Miqdad_Jnr.

This evening, Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State, interrupted his official duties in Daura to pay a visit to the family of the late Hajiya Fatima Dada, the mother of former President Umaru Musa Yar’adua.

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The late Dada is scheduled to be laid to rest tomorrow morning by Islamic customs. The tweet said, "The governor sent his sincere condolences and expressed his deepest sympathies to the bereaved family."

Also, expressing sadness over Dada’s death, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, wrote via his X handle, tweeting as #atiku, “Innalillahi Wa’inna Ilaihir Raji’un. I am saddened by the passing of Hajia Aya Dada Yar’Adua, mother of my late mentor, Tafida Shehu Yar’Adua, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, among others. In the absence of my beloved mother, I adopted Hajiya Dada as a mother.

Indeed, she was a mother of multitudes, as her home was always a place of refuge where she welcomed everyone with love. She will be sorely missed. On behalf of the Atiku Abubakar family and team, I express my profound condolences to the Yar’Adua family, friends and associates over the loss of this gem of inestimable value.

“My condolences also go to the government and people of Katsina State. May her sins be forgiven and that she be granted Aljannah Firdausi. Ameen.”

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, with the username #bukolasaraki, tweeted, “Inalilahi wa ina Ilaehi Rajiun. Dada Habi Yar’Adua, the beloved mother of my dear friend and our late President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, was a true matriarch. Her warmth, grace and compassion were boundless, extending to all who had the privilege of knowing her.

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Her wisdom and kindness infused my last meeting in Katsina State, leaving me with a memory I will always cherish. It was a reminder of the remarkable person she was. Today, I join the nation to mourn the passing of this incredible woman. May Almighty Allah (SWT) grant her a place in Al Jannah Firdaus. During this trying time, my thoughts and prayers are with the Yar'Adua family.