The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, is mourning the loss of his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda, who died at the age of 83.
According to a statement issued by the Plateau State chapter of the APC on Sunday through its Publicity Secretary, Shittu Bamaiyi, Mama Lydia passed away at the Jos University Teaching Hospital.
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The party described her as a devout Christian, a respected women’s leader, and a strong pillar of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN).
“The All Progressives in Plateau State received with shock the sad news of the death of the mother of its National Chairman, Mama Lydia Yilwatda. According to family sources, she passed on this morning at the Jos University Teaching Hospital at the age of 83 years.
Her death is not only a personal loss to the National Chairman, but the entire APC family in Plateau State and the Country at large,” the statement read.
It further highlighted her lifelong contributions, alongside her late husband Reverend Toma Goshewe Yilwatda, to the growth of the church across Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, and Plateau States.
The statement added, “There is no doubt that the late Mama’s death is painful and devastating to the Yilwatdas, because she died at the time her motherly advice and prayers were most needed, particularly to the National Chairman Professor Yilwatda.
“The consoling record is that the deceased left behind an indelible and accomplished legacy, which is manifested in her children. Surely her demise is a great loss to the Church and the Women’s fellowship as well as Plateau State. While sharing with Professor Yilwatda in his moment of grief, the Party prays God to grant the late Mama’s Soul an eternal rest.”
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