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Hajia Safiya Vatsa, widow of the late former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, General Mamman Vatsa, is dead. She was aged 56.
Hajia Safiya Vatsa, widow of the late former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, General Mamman Vatsa, is dead. She was aged 56.
Hajia Safiya died in the early hours of Monday at her residence in Kaduna after a brief illness.
Jibrin Vatsa, son of the late Mrs. Vatsa, who broke the news of his mother's death to Daily Sun on telephone, said Hajia Safiya took ill early last week and was getting better when she passed on. He said the deceased's remains were buried on Monday in her farm, according to Islamic rites.
Only recently, Hajia Vatsa petitioned President Olusegun Obasanjo demanding a review of the circumstance surrounding the execution of her husband in 1986 by the General Ibrahim Babangida military administration.
President Obasanjo later had an audience with her during which she was said to have stated her case.
Until her death, Hajia Vatsa lived in her husband's farm in Kaduna. She is survived by four children.