Former President Ibrahim Babangida has lost his foster mother.
Hajiya Sefiya Hassan Akere died on Thursday at the age of 101 in Minna, Niger state and has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
Disclosing the death of the centenarian, one of the late Akere’s children, Dattijo Aliyu, the Director General of the Niger state Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) said she passed on at about 3 pm at the family house along Kuta Road in Minna, Niger state capital.
According to The Nation, late Akere was roundly called “Nna Mai Kifi” by the former military leader.
Eulogising the memory of his mother, Aliyu, who is also the Chairman of Niger Tornadoes Football Club, Minna, said that during her life time, Akere was mother to all, recalling that her house was always filled with children, both her biological and children of others.