Hajia Hauwau Bello, the mother of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is dead.

In a statement he personally signed in Lokoja, the governor said his mother died on Sunday after a brief illness.

She was 101 years.

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He said: “We are relieved that her passing was peaceful and painless.”

According to Bello, the woman will be buried on Monday in Nagazi, Okene local government area of Kogi State. (NAN)

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