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APC Chairman Yilwatda visits El-Rufai, condoles over mother's death

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, on Saturday paid a condolence visit to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, following the death of his mother.

APC Chairman Yilwatda visits El-Rufai, condoles over mother's death
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March 29, 2026byThe Nation
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, on Saturday paid a condolence visit to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, following the death of his mother.

Yilwatda visited El-Rufai at his Abuja residence to sympathise with him over the passing of Hajiya Umma El-Rufai, who died on Friday, March 27, 2026, in Cairo, Egypt, after a period of illness.

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The visit is part of a stream of high-profile condolence calls by political figures who have thronged the former governor's residence to pay their respects.

Among those who have earlier visited are Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umar Radda; former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi; former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; and Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

The condolence visits underscore the wide network of political associates and allies rallying around El-Rufai in his moment of bereavement.

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