Breaking: Tears as former INEC chairman, Jega loses mother

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FCT, Abuja - The mother of the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, is dead.

Hajiya Hauwa Kulu Muhammadu Jega died after a brief illness in Abuja Friday night, August 16.

Jega's mother died after a brief illness in Abuja Friday night, August 16. Photo credit: @Naija_PR
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As reported by Leadership, a family source said the funeral prayer for the deceased would hold at the National Mosque in Abuja this Saturday at 1:30 pm.

Jega’s mother would be interred at Gudu Cemetery Abuja after the funeral prayer.

Prominent children of the deceased is popular journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist, Malam Mahmud Jega, and a former Executive Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Alhaji Abbas Jega.

Source: Legit.ng