Buhari loses two relations in quick succession

President Muhammadu Buhari has lost two members of his extended
family.

Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media
and publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

He said Halima Dauda, who was buried in Daura, Katsina state, on
Saturday morning is the president’s niece and younger sister to his
close associate and nephew, Mamman Daura.

She died at about the age of 56, leaving behind 10 children,
four of them male and six female, including one of Buhari’s
personal assistants, Mohammed Sabi’u Tunde.

According to Shehu, the burial was attended by a federal
government delegation led by Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the
president.

Others on the team were Hadi Sirika, minister of state of
aviation; Isma’ila Isa and Sayyu Dantata, both of them businessmen;
Sarki Abba, Ya’u Darazo and Garba Shehu, aides of the president;
Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, director-general of the National
Intelligence Agency (NIA), Jalal Arabi, permanent secretary, state
house; and Lawal Kazaure, state chief of protocol.

The Buhari family had earlier buried Ai’sha Mamman on Friday.
She was the wife of Mamman, the president’s older brother.

“Receiving condolences, Malam Mamman on behalf of the family and
the Emir, Alhaji Umar Faruk for the people of Daura Emirate thanked
God for the lives of the deceased and all the visitors for sharing
the moment of grief with them,” the statement said.

President Muhammadu Buhari has lost two members of his extended
family.

Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media
and publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

He said Halima Dauda, who was buried in Daura, Katsina state, on
Saturday morning is the president’s niece and younger sister to his
close associate and nephew, Mamman Daura.

She died at about the age of 56, leaving behind 10 children,
four of them male and six female, including one of Buhari’s
personal assistants, Mohammed Sabi’u Tunde.

According to Shehu, the burial was attended by a federal
government delegation led by Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the
president.

Others on the team were Hadi Sirika, minister of state of
aviation; Isma’ila Isa and Sayyu Dantata, both of them businessmen;
Sarki Abba, Ya’u Darazo and Garba Shehu, aides of the president;
Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, director-general of the National
Intelligence Agency (NIA), Jalal Arabi, permanent secretary, state
house; and Lawal Kazaure, state chief of protocol.

The Buhari family had earlier buried Ai’sha Mamman on Friday.
She was the wife of Mamman, the president’s older brother.

“Receiving condolences, Malam Mamman on behalf of the family and
the Emir, Alhaji Umar Faruk for the people of Daura Emirate thanked
God for the lives of the deceased and all the visitors for sharing
the moment of grief with them,” the statement said.