The former governor of Kaduna State and minister of Federal Capital territory (FCT), Nasiru El-Rufai on Friday has lost his mother to the cold hand of death.
Details of her death remain sketchy as of press time but it was announced on Facebook by Nasiru’s son, Bello El-Rufai who is a federal lawmaker representing North-constituency at 10th house of assembly that his grandmother, Hajiya Umma El-Rufai passed away hours ago.
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His Facebook post reads, “ Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. From Allah SWT we came and to Him we shall all return. I would like to inform the public of the demise of my Grandmother, Hajiya Umma El-Rufai who passed away a few hours ago”.
“She is the biological mother of our father, Mallam Nasir @elrufai. We are grateful for the life she lived and may Allah SWT bless her gentle soul. May He bless the soul of the parents we have lost. On behalf of our family, we seek your prayers. Thank you”, his message further reads.
Nasiru Ahmed El-rufai who is still under detention of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged N579.6m and $1.1m fraud.
He was arraigned before Justice before Honourable Justice A.I. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna Division, over alleged corruption-related offences.
Nasiru who, wouldn’t attend the burial, is facing 10 count charges leveled against him by the ICPC.
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