The mother of missing social critics, Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, is dead.
Nationnewslead gathered that the mother, who is 66 years old died on Tuesday, at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna.
Recall that Abubakar Idris, popularly called Dadiyata, has been missing since August 2, 2019, when unidentified men seized him from his residence in Barnawa neighbourhood of Kaduna State.
According to the account given by the police, Mr Idris was returning home at about 1 a.m. when some armed men, breached his house’s security and took him away in his BMW car.
Since then, nothing was heard from him.
On Tuesday, one of the deceased’s sons confirmed the death of his mother.
Aminu said she was sick and taken to the hospital around midnight and later placed on oxygen as doctors battled to stabilise her.
Usman said their late mother was battling with an ulcer and high blood pressure.
He, however, said she was fine on Monday and had visited several persons, including one of their relatives who was bereaved.
“She was ok when she went to bed. However, she woke up at midnight and she couldn’t talk, she became unconscious and was rushed to the hospital,” he said.
He said her janaizah prayer will hold after Asr prayer at the family residence at Gombe road following which she will be buried at the Tudun Wada burial ground in Kaduna.
