The only surviving wife of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Hajiya Jummai Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, is dead.
Hajia Jummai died of cardiac arrest in Lagos yesterday October 27th, days after she returned to Nigeria from India where she had gone to seek medical care for a heart-related ailment.
President Buhari has condoled with the family of Hajia Jummai as well as the government and people of Bauchi state. In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, President Buhari prayed for the repose of her soul.