Alhaji Umaru Badami, father to Gov. 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 (NAN), in Yola.
He said that the octogenarian passed away around 2.30 p.m.
“`He was on admission at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola and was discharged yesterday only to later collapse,” Kumagar told NAN.
The deceased, a retired soldier, is survived by a wife and six children, including Gov. Fintiri.
NAN reports that Badami has been buried according to Islamic rites after a funeral prayers at the Yola Central Mosque. (NAN)
