President Muhammadu Buhari has lost his nephew, Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda.
This was announced in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Saturday.
According to the statement, Duada, who is father to Dauda Ibrahim, a Chief Administrative Officer in State House, Abuja, died in Daura, Katsina State, following a prolonged illness.
“President Buhari said the death has 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”.
He prayed God to forgive the soul of the deceased and reward his great and noble deeds with paradise.