Hajia Fatimah Umar Badami, the mother of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state, has passed on.
She was 68 years old.
According to a statement from the Adamawa State Government, Hajiya Fatimah Badami died Wednesday at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, after a protracted illness.
The statement signed by the Director-General of Media and Communication, Government House, Mr Solomon Kumangar, said the late Hajiya Fatimah Umar Badami is survived by Governor Fintiri, four grandchildren, siblings and other relations.
It added, “The Governor has taken the death in his stride but will require the prayers of all citizens for God to grant the mother peaceful repose while granting him the fortitude to bear the great loss.”