“You gave birth to Nigeria’s best president ever,” Nigeria Mourns as Hajiya Yar’Adua passes away at 102

Hajiya Aya Dada Yar’Adua, the matriarch of the Yar’Adua family and mother of former Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has passed away at the age of 102.

According to reports, Hajiya Yar’Adua died on Monday evening after a brief illness.

However, there are conflicting accounts of her place of death, with some sources indicating she passed away at her home in Katsina, while others claim she died at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina.

Hajiya Yar’Adua was the mother of several prominent figures, including the late President Yar’Adua, who passed away in 2010, and the late General Shehu Musa Yar’adua who passed away in 1997.

Her other sons, Senator Abdu Soja Yar’adua and Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, the current Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, remains political stakeholders in today’s Nigerian society.

The matriarch’s passing comes 13 years after the death of her son, President Yar’Adua, and 31 years after the death of her husband, Musa Yar’Adua, who passed away in 1993.

Tributes have begun pouring in for the late Dada, as she is fondly called, with many Nigerians taking to social media to express their condolences to the Yar’Adua family.

Tributes for Hajiya Yar’Adua

Asiwaju Msquared wrote: “The only mother who produced one president, one vice president and another adopted president, who was president GoodLuck Ebele Jonathan.. she will be remembered in making Nigeria’s history. God used her to heal Nigeria land. Eternal rest grant unto her.”

Muhammed Ishakq stated: “Innalillah wa innalillah rajiun. You gave birth to ever best president in Nigeria. but God took him when we needed him most. May Almighty Allah Illuminate his grave and grant him aljannat firdaus. Mama may Aljannat b ur final abode.

Ifeanyi Joel wrote: “Rest in peace ma’am, you gave Nigeria the best gift. Your son late president is the greatest of all the leaders that ruled Nigeria.”

Aliyou Ammanee wrote: “The only woman who got married to a Minister and gave birth to President, V President, Governor and a Senator also grandmother to a Minister and 3 of her grant children where wives of fmr governor’s. May Allah have mercy on her soul Amin.”

Chikaodiri Abasi wrote: “My heart so rest in perfect peace my condolence to entire family and government of casting and state.”