APC national chairman loses mother at 83

Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lost his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda.

The news of her passing was announced on Sunday in Jos by the APC’s acting spokesperson in Plateau State, Shittu Bamaiyi.

Bamaiyi said the party received the development with deep shock and sadness.

“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 also to the entire APC family in Plateau State and the country at large,” he said.

“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.

“A devoted Christian, virtuous, humane and humble woman leader, particularly in the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), the late Mama Lydia was known for the tireless and immeasurable efforts of herself and those of her late husband, Reverend Toma Goshewe Yilwatda, in boosting the Church in Borno, Yobe, Bauchi and Plateau States.

“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 to God to grant the late Mama’s Soul an eternal rest.”