Alhaji Umaru Badami, father to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa, is dead.
Badami, 82, died on Sunday after a protracted illness, Mr Solomon Kumangar, Director-General, Media and Communications, to the governor, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola.
He said that the octogenarian passed away around 2.30 p.m.
Kumagar said: “He was on admission at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola and was discharged yesterday only to later collapse.”
The deceased, a retired soldier, is survived by a wife and six children, including Governor Fintiri.
NAN reports that Badami has been buried according to Islamic rites after a funeral prayers at the Yola Central Mosque.
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