Buhari loses two family members less than 24 hours

President Muhammadu Buhari has lost two extended family members in less than 24 hours, the presidency said on Saturday.

A statement released on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the president’s extended family had been struck by the loss of two senior members who died within a few hours of one another, while naming one of the deceased as Hajiya Halima Dauda, the younger sister of Mamman Daura.

“She died at about the age of 56, leaving behind 10 children, four of them male and six female including one of President Buhari’s Personal Assistants, Mohammed Sabi’u Tunde,” he said.

Shehu the burial was attended by a Federal Government delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.

Others on the team were the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika; two…