Former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has described the death of Hajiya Dada Yar’Adua, mother of late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, as a personal loss to him, stating that the late Dada technically made him who he is today.

Jonathan stated this in Katsina when he paid a condolence visit to the Yar’adua family today September 7 over the d£ath of their matriarch.

“This woman technically made me who I am”. Her death is really touching to me. It was her son who brought me as his running mate and without this woman, you wouldn’t have known my name. So she was like my mother and this is like the death of my mother. It is a very sad moment for all of us. I travelled on Monday because I was going to Kigali. When I arrived at Adiss Ababa, our head of mission there told me about the sad news. On behalf of myself, my team, my community and my state, I extend our heartfelt condolences to the Yar’Adua family and indeed to the good people of Katsina State. She was a mother that we lost, but Allah has blessed her. To live that long shows that Allah has accepted her. She was a good woman, she was a blessed woman, she brought children that contributed significantly to the development of our great nation,” Jonathan said
Recall that Jonathan became President in May 2010 following the d£ath of Umar Musa Yar’Adua.

Late Dada, who was also the mother of late Shehu Musa Yar’adua and Senator Abdul Aziz Musa Yar’adua, the Senator representing Katsina Central Constituency and current Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, died after a brief illness at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina on Monday, September 2.

She has since been buried according to Islamic injunction.