Hajiya Zainab Garba, the wife of Niger State Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba, passed away at a hospital in Minna on Tuesday after a brief illness.
Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago conveyed his condolences through his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim.
Governor Bago expressed his deep sorrow over her death, describing it as a great loss to the state. He prayed for Allah to grant her Aljanatul Firdaus and to give her husband the strength to bear the loss.