Surviving Wife of Tafawa-Balewa is Dead

Wife to Nigerian first and ever Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Hajiya Jummai Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is dead.

Hajiya Jummai Abubakar Tafawa Balewa who until on Sunday was the only surviving wife of Nigeria’s first and only  Prime Minister Balewa.

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was Nigeria’s Prime Minister between 1960 to 1966.

Media checks in Bauchi late Sunday evening revealed that the late Jummai died in Lagos in the early hours of Sunday after a protracted illness. 

A family source also added that she was recently taken to India for medical attention where she was treated and discharged last week and returned to Nigeria to recuperate. 

The family source further said that the late octogenarian woman stopped over in Lagos to rest before coming back to Bauchi to continue her rehabilitation and recuperation, but "unfortunately in the early hours of Sunday, the illness relapsed and she went into coma but could not be revived as she died in the process," the source added. 

It is expected that her remains will be flown to Bauchi on Monday for burial.