IBB’s foster mother dies at 101

The foster mother of former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida,Hajiya Sefiya Hassan Akere is dead. She died on Thursday at the age of 101 after a brief illness. Disclosing the death of the centenarian, one of the late Akere’s children, Alhaji Dattijo Aliyu, the Director General of the Niger state Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) said she passed on at about 3 pm at the family house along Kuta Road in Minna, Niger state capital. The late Akere was roundly called “Nna Mai Kifi” by the former military leader.