Adamu Adamu looses 109yr-old mother

Adamu Adamu

Hajia Fatima Adamu Gamawa, a 109 woman and mother to the Nigeria’s Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu, is dead.

ROYAL NEWS reports that Malam Adamu, who is currently one of the frontrunner in the Chief of Staff to the President’s race following the demise of Mallam Abba Kyari.

Hajia Fatima was believed to be the oldest woman in Azare where she had lived virtually all her life after migrating from Katagum as a young lady more than ninety years ago.

According to the bereaved Minister who spoke from Azare on Friday while receiving condolences, late Hajia Fatima retained all her faculties, was alert and active until her death “due to old age.’’

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The deceased is survived by six children – three males and three females- Malam Lawal Adamu, Hon. Ibrahim Adamu, a politician in Bauchi, Malam Adamu Adamu, Hajia Hafsat Mohammed, Hajia Hauwa’u Taudo and Hajia Iya Abubakar- and many grandchildren.