The dead has been announced of the former Minister of Women affairs, Aisha Alhassan.
Alhassan, who was popularly known as ‘Mama Taraba’, died from an unknown illness.
She was a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before defecting to the United Democratic Party (UDP) in September 2018.
She decamped after resigning from the Buhari administration
The deceased battled a protracted illness in her last years.
Alhassan contested the Taraba 2015 governorship election under the Platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but lost to incumbent Governor Darius Ishaku, who ran under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Shortly after her loss, President Muhammadu Buhari named her Minister of Women Affairs.
However, she left under controversial circumstances as the APC failed to clear her for the 2019 gubernatorial election.
