Malik Yahya/
President Muhammadu Buhari is bereaved.
According to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s nephew, Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda, is dead.
Alhaji Dauda died in Daura, Katsina State, during a prolonged illness.
Shehu revealed that, in a condolence message, President Buhari said the death had robbed the family and the Daura community of one of its finest gentlemen.
“I am deeply touched and devastated by the passing of yet another family member, a man who had demonstrated amazing kindness and honesty in all his dealings,” the President stated.
He prayed God to “forgive the soul of the deceased and reward his great and noble deeds with paradise”.
The deceased is survived by a number of children, including Dauda Ibrahim, a Chief Administrative Officer in the State House, Abuja.
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