Tinubu pays tribute to Yar’Adua’s mother, praises her ‘legacy of compassion’

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the demise of Dada Yar’Adua, the mother of the former late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

She died on Monday at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, after a brief illness.

She was 102 years old.

Dada had children who became president, two-term governor, vice-president, minister, major general, and a colonel, among others.

In a statement on Tuesday, Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, quoted Tinubu as saying that the matriarch touched many lives.

“President Tinubu also extends his condolences to Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua, the people of Katsina State, and to the many lives the late matriarch touched,” Ngelale said.

“The president mourns Hajiya Dada, yet extols her legacy of compassion, faith, honesty, and good fellowship.

“President Tinubu prays for the repose of the soul of the deceased and affirms that the beloved and remarkable matriarch of the Yar’Adua family will always be remembered for the support, peace, joy, and comfort she offered to many.”