The Federal Government has expressed its sympathy over the recent demise
of Hajiya Aishatu Mohammed, the mother of the Minister of the Federal
Capital Territory (F. C. T.), Bala Mohammed.
The Vice President, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo, representing President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was at the residence of the Late Hajiya Mohammed
during the three days prayer held at the old G.R.A. Bauchi, Bauchi State
to commiserate with the family and the state government in their moment of
sorrow.
Vice President Sambo described death as a final destination of all
mankind. Arc. Sambo said that, “Hajiya Mohammed has lived a fulfilled
life; it was her time to go and God took her”. He prayed Almighty Allah to
forgive her sins, give her eternal rest and grant to the family the
fortitude to bear the loss. He called on Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, a
renowned Islamic scholar in the country to offer further prayers for the
peaceful repose of her soul and also for Nigeria. Vice President Sambo
paid a private visit to the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwan Suleiman Adamu.
Earlier, the Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda thanked the Federal
Government for identifying with the family and the state government in
this moment of grief saying that it demonstrated the people oriented
leadership of the Jonathan-led administration. He prayed God to reward all
abundantly.
Present at the event were the children of the deceased, Adamu Mohammed the
Wakilin Bauchi and District Head of Duguri, her daughtersm asma’u and
Maijida. Others included Yayale Ahmed, the former Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF), some ministers, religious leaders and
dignitaries.