The 85-year-old Hajia Khadija (Iyah) who is the foster mother of Emir of Fika, Alhaji Muhammad Ibn Abali Muhammad Idrissa, died on Sunday at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) after a brief illness.
According to a tweet by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Tuesday, President Buhari condoled with the Bereaved Wazirin via a telephone call from his base in London, where he is currently on vacation.
President @MBuhari condoles Adamu Fika over wife’s death https://t.co/GyKJhb5Va4
— Garba Shehu ??(@GarShehu) February14, 2017
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In a telephone call from London to the bereaved Wazirin, the President said the loss of such a devoted wife of many years was a painful one. https://t.co/tfQ8e33M9j
— Garba Shehu ??(@GarShehu) February 14, 2017
Mallam Wazirin Fika, CFR, has been described as an exemplary husband as well as a distinguished civil servant. A native of Fika, Yobe State, he is an elder statesman and an epitome of what the nation’s civil service should look like.
He is the first and only Nigeria’s Head of Service to resign because he was not comfortable being at the helm of affairs when he perceived the civil service was being destroyed by corruption.
Hajia Khadija is survived by five children – two sons and three daughters.