Hajia Hauwau Bello, the mother of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is dead. In a statement he personally signed in Lokoja, the governor said his mother died on Sunday after a brief illness. She was 101 years.

He said: “We are relieved that her passing was peaceful and painless.” According to Bello, the woman will be buried on Monday in Nagazi, Okene local government area of Kogi State.

(NAN)