The extended family of President Muhammadu Buhari has lost two members within hours of each other, the presidency has disclosed.
According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the deceased were senior members of the family.
In a Saturday statement, Shehu said the first was Buhari’s niece, Hajiya Halima Dauda.
Shehu revealed that Dauda, who was buried in Daura on Saturday morning, was a sister to Mamman Daura, Buhari’s nephew.
He added that she died at about the age of 56 , leaving behind 10 children, four of them male and six female including one of President Buhari ’s Personal Assistants, Mohammed Sabi ’u Tunde.
The presidential aide further disclosed that Dauda’s burial happened hours after Hajiya Ai ’sha Alhaji Mamman was buried on Friday.
Ai’sha, Shehu said, was the wife of the President’s older brother, Alhaji Mamman.
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