Hajiya Fatima Hussaaina Awwal Ibrahim, the eldest wife of the Emir of Suleja, Niger State, Mallam Muhammadu Awwal, is dead.
She reportedly died after a brief illness on Sunday and has been buried according to Islamic rites.
The state Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, commiserated with the Suleja Emirate and the Emir of Zazzau Suleja, over the death.
Bago in a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, described the death of thezzau Suleja as a huge loss not only to the Emirate but the state.
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He encouraged the Emir of Zazzau Suleja to see her death as the will of Allah and remain steadfast in Him, as He can comfort him.
While praying to Allah to repose the soul of the departed, the governor also prayed Allah to grant the immediate and extended family of the Emir as well as the entire Emirate the fortitude to bear the loss.