Wife of Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa’s wife is dead.
News sources in Bauchi say Hajiya Jummai Abubakar Tafawa Balewa died in Lagos in the early hours of Sunday after a protracted illness.
The source added that she was recently taken to India for medical attention where she was treated and discharged last week and returned to Nigeria to recuperate.
The late Octogenarian had stopped over in Lagos to rest before rerurning to Bauchi to continue her rehabilitation and recuperation.
Control TV gather that in early hours of Sunday the illness relapsed and she went into coma but could not be revived as she died in the process,”.
It is expected that her remains will be flown to Bauchi on Monday for burial.
(C) Control TV 2019.
