The death has occurred of Hajiya Hamma Akilu, mother to former Director, Directorate of military intelligence Brigadier General Haliru Akilu, who died at the age of 100.
Confirming the death, her grandson Malam Aminu Akilu, said his grandmother died on Wednesday after a protracted illness at the age of one hundred.
Her son, General Halilu Akilu (rtd) is a retired military general and a high ranking intelligence official who had served as Director of the National Intelligence Agency; and Chief of Defence Intelligence.
Late Hajiya Hamma has since been buried according to Islamic rites around 1:00 pm at the farm center cemetery in Tarani.